In the very first image in this set, #0000, Anna strikes a fairly formal pose. A faint smile is on her lips, her wrists crossed, hands on knees just so, sandal-clad feet up on tiptoes. Her long hair falls neatly past her shoulders and, from our P.O.V. we can’t quite see if she is wearing anything more than an elaborate corset.

But, elsewhere in the series, the model (making her third appearance at MetArt) is much more relaxed, much less posed. The set swings between the two extremes with plenty of variety as an inevitable result. Of the more “natural” shots I must single out #0139. Here the model is totally nude. She is on her back. Her hair is mussed against a pillow, the fingers of her right hand rest casually against her head. She is a the very essence of pale, delicate, femininity in this almost painterly image.

Compare that to #0057, a far more stylized full-length shot in which the model reclines, right leg outstretched, left leg folded, and with her right hand very consciously arranged on her right hip. It is an alluring image, make no mistake. These two shots — #0139 and #0057 — could have come from two entirely different series. The fact that they are both contained in “Vestale” is a big part of the pictorial’s charm.