19th Century Old Master Framed Graphite Drawing, Sepia Red Chalk vintage antique

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19th Century Old Master Framed Graphite Drawing, Sepia Red Chalk vintage antique:
$375.00

NOTE: the second picture shows the best actual color, The framing andart look much better in person.

Man in 17th century clothes, wearing a Cavalier Hat, making him look like a musketeer.

Delicate drawing in Black graphite on beige laid paper

Size: approx. 8\" X 12\" Frame 14.5\" X 18.5\"

Red estate stamp of the artist lower right

Date: XIXth century

Condition: Very good general condition.

Félix FOSSEY (1826-1895)

French painter, painter in watercolour, pastellist and draughtsman.

Belongs to the Romantic movement (Delacroix, Gericault)

In 1844, FOSSEY entered the École des Beaux-Arts and studied with Henri-Joseph Blondel and Léon Cogniet.

He regularly exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Français from 1847 until 1869,

and received the Second « Prix de Rome » in 1852 as a reward for his Resurection of Jaïre’s daughter.

In 1860 he was appointed Professor at the École des Beaux Arts and taught there until 1865.