Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin
1807
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Charles Turner is a 1807 ink by Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This engraving shows a man in a dark coat, face half in shadow. Light hits his cheek and brow, making his features pop. The background is a plain, flat tone. Mezzotint lets artists create soft shadows and deep blacks. Here the technique makes the face look almost three-dimensional. The artist scraped the plate carefully to get this effect. Look up Saint-Mémin, Charles B. J. Févret de to see more of his prints.
Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin (French pronunciation: ; 1770–1852) was a French portrait painter and museum director.
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