Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin
1801
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Bazile is a 1801 ink by Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This small engraving shows a man’s side profile in black ink. His nose is sharp. Wavy hair curls at the neckline of his coat. The artist used tiny lines to shade the face. These lines blur softly near the edges. The technique is called cross-hatching. Sharp lines overlap to create shadows. It gives the face depth and weight without color. Look up Saint-Mémin, Charles B. J. Févret de to see more of his portraits.
Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin (French pronunciation: ; 1770–1852) was a French portrait painter and museum director.
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