Chanceaume
Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin
1801
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin
1801
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Chanceaume is a 1801 ink by Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This painting shows a young man named Chanceaume. He's dressed in simple clothes and looks straight at us. The artist used a technique that creates lots of shades and details, which makes the portrait interesting because it was made over 200 years ago and still looks detailed today. To learn more about this kind of detailed portrait work, look up the technique: engraving.
