This drawing of a seated female nude is an example of drawing from live models. From the 17th century, it became essential for artists in the Netherlands to study living models. While drawing from male models was practised in most academies, from the 1640s, nude women also posed in Amsterdam academies. For artists, depicting the nude body was a measure of their artistic skill. This drawing was therefore probably made by Jan van Noord as an exercise in drawing the body rather than as a figure study for a painting.
The drawing is executed in two colours of chalk (black and white) on blue-grey paper. Van Noordt learned this technique from his teacher Jacob Adriaensz Backer. This drawing was therefore previously attributed to Backer.
Specifications
| Title | Seated Female Nude |
|---|---|
| Material and technique | Black chalk, heightened with white, red chalk, on blue-grey paper |
| Object type |
Drawing
> Two-dimensional object
> Art object
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| Location | This object is in storage |
| Dimensions |
Height 360 mm Width 227 mm |
|---|---|
| Artists |
:
Jan van Noordt
: Barend Graat : Jacob Adriaensz. Backer |
| Accession number | H 58 (PK) |
| Credits | Loan Stichting Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen (former Koenigs collection), 1940 |
| Department | Drawings & Prints |
| Acquisition date | 1940 |
| Creation date | in circa 1644 - 1676 |
| Collector | Collector / Franz Koenigs |
| Material | |
| Object | |
| Technique |
Heightened with white
> Drawing technique
> Technique
> Material and technique
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| Geographical origin | The Netherlands > Western Europe > Europe |
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