Adriaen van de Velde - Standing Male Nude
Summary
Van de Velde often placed his models in strong raking light, which served to emphasize the body’s plasticity. Most of his male models wear a generous loincloth, yet this model – who features in at least one other drawing – evidently did not hesitate to pose in the nude. Van de Velde does not seem to have used this study for any of his paintings.
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Date
1646 - 1672
Source
Rijksmuseum
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Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication ("CCO 1.0 Dedication")