Monseigneur Charles de Saint-Albin, Archbishop of Cambrai
1740
chalk
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
1740
chalk
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
This painting shows a man dressed in fancy clothes, likely a high-ranking church official. He's wearing a big hat and a fancy robe. The artist drew this with black and white chalk on paper, which is a pretty simple medium, but it works well for detailed portraits like this one. The subject's face is very detailed, and you can see the folds in his clothes. This kind of detail suggests the artist was very skilled at drawing. You can see more work like this by looking up the technique of chiaroscuro.
