Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin
1798
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Benjamin West is a 1798 ink by Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This small print shows a man in a dark coat with white collar points. His face is smooth, almost like marble. The background is plain white—no fancy details. This is a print made in 1798. It copies a painting by Benjamin West. The artist used a technique called mezzotint, where he carved shadows into metal plates for soft, rich tones. Look up Saint-Mémin, Charles B. J. Févret de for his other portraits.
Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin (French pronunciation: ; 1770–1852) was a French portrait painter and museum director.
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