François Désiré Masson
Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin
1798
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin
1798
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
François Désiré Masson is a 1798 ink by Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This portrait shows a man with a calm face. He's dressed in old-fashioned clothes. The artist made this portrait using a special process. The portrait is very small, only about 5.5 cm square. The details are interesting because they were made using a technique that involves scratching lines into a metal plate. You can learn more about this style by looking into the technique: engraving.
