Charles de LA FOSSE (Paris 1636 - 1716) A kneeling figure whose left hand shelters the face Black stone and red chalk on buff paper. Inscription in pen and brown ink at the bottom right: "La Fosse" and the number "12" at the bottom left. Old annotation on the reverse of the mount: "Kneeling Academy, in black pencil and red chalk on gray paper". (Bending on the left edge and small stains). In an antique carved wood and gilt frame. 27,7 x 19,5 cm Bibliography : Clémentine Gustin-Gomez, Charles de La Fosse 1636 - 1716, Catalogue raisonné, Dijon, Éditions Faton, 2006, D.245, p. 286, reproduced. Provenance: Galerie de Bayser, Paris, Exposition de dessins anciens, 1984, no. 23.