Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin
1803
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
Desobry is a 1803 ink by Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This painting shows a young man from the waist up, turned slightly to the side. He's dressed in fancy clothes, looking like a wealthy person from a long time ago. I don't know much about the person in the painting, but it's clear the artist paid attention to details. You can learn more about this kind of artwork by looking into the technique of engraving, which is used to create detailed images like this one.
Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin (French pronunciation: ; 1770–1852) was a French portrait painter and museum director.
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