Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin
1800
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Brumaud is a 1800 ink by Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This small engraving shows a man in a dark coat with a white cravat. His face is lit from the side, making sharp shadows under his nose and jaw. The paper is thin but sturdy, pasted down on a thicker sheet. The artist used a method called cross-hatching. Tiny lines crisscross to build up tone and texture. The dark coat melts into the background, while the cravat pops against the gray paper. This style made Saint-Mémin’s prints stand out in early 1800s America.
Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin (French pronunciation: ; 1770–1852) was a French portrait painter and museum director.
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