A Young Girl Walking to the Left
Adriaen van de Velde
mid-17th century
Medium
Black and red chalk
Dimensions
sheet: 11 5/8 x 6 15/16 in. (29.6 x 17.7 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Anne and Jean Bonna Gift, 2003
Accession Number
2003.186
Tags
GirlsWalking
About the Artist
Adriaen van de Velde · 1636–1672
Adriaen van de Velde (1636–1672) was a Dutch Golden Age painter, draftsman, and etcher renowned for his luminous pastoral landscapes and his extraordinary versatility. Born in Amsterdam, he was the son of the marine painter Willem van de Velde the Elder and brother of the marine painter Willem van de Velde the Younger. He studied under Jan Wijnants, a landscape specialist, and possibly under Phili...