Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin
1798
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Arabella Duncan Ludlow is a 1798 ink by Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This portrait shows a woman in profile. She's dressed in old-fashioned clothing. The artist made this portrait using a special technique that involves scraping away at a metal plate to create the image. The woman's face is the main focus of the portrait. The background is plain, which makes her face stand out more. The artist paid close attention to details like her hair and clothes. You can learn more about this kind of artwork by looking into the technique: engraving.
Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin (French pronunciation: ; 1770–1852) was a French portrait painter and museum director.
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