Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin
1796
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Eugene Lucet is a 1796 ink by Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This tiny print shows a man’s face in three-quarter view. Shadows pool under his cheek and jaw, giving his features weight. The artist used a steel needle to scratch lines onto a metal plate, then inked it so the darkest areas print black. Mezzotint uses roughened metal to hold ink. Tiny pits catch more ink and print darker, while smoother spots stay light. This method lets artists fade tones smoothly, not in lines. Try looking up Saint-Mémin, Charles B. J. Févret de next.
Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin (French pronunciation: ; 1770–1852) was a French portrait painter and museum director.
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