Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin
1797
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Charles Ramsay is a 1797 ink by Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This painting shows a profile portrait of Charles Ramsay. He's turned to the side, looking away from us. The artist used a lot of detail to make this portrait. The portrait is very detailed and it's interesting that it was made using mezzotint and engraving. This technique was popular back then and it allowed artists to create detailed images. You can learn more about this technique by looking into the work of artist: Saint-Mémin, Charles B. J. Févret de.
Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin (French pronunciation: ; 1770–1852) was a French portrait painter and museum director.
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