Young Woman Kneeling and Reaching Forward [verso], c. 1698

Not on View

Medium

red and black chalk heightened with white chalk on light brown laid paper

Dimensions

overall: 23.3 x 35.4 cm (9 3/16 x 13 15/16 in.)

Credit Line

Millennium Funds/New Century Fund

Accession Number

2003.87.1.b

Artists / Makers

Charles de La Fosse (artist) French, 1636 - 1716

Image Use

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Provenance

Private collector EB (not in Lugt, but similar to E. Bénézit's stamp); Private collection; (sale, Tajan, Paris, 4 December 2002, no. 51); Thomas Agnew & Sons, Ltd., London; purchased 2003 by NGA

Associated Names

Agnew & Sons, Ltd., Thomas

Exhibition History

2004: Six Centuries of Prints and Drawings: Recent Acquisitions, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2004 - 2005 (verso not exhibited).

2009: Renaissance to Revolution: French Drawings from the National Gallery of Art, 1500-1800. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2009, 84-85, 279, no. 33 (color; recto and verso).

2015: Charles de La Fosse, 1636-1716: Le triomphe de la couleur, Musée national des Châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon, Versailles, 2015, no. 39c.

Bibliography

2012: Gustin Gomez, Clémentine. Charles de La Fosse, 1636-1716. Cahier du dessin français, no. 16. Paris, 2012: 17, 59, no. 47 (repro.)