Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin
1803
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Guenin 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 man's upper body from the side, facing left. He's looking straight ahead. The portrait is very small, only a few centimeters across. The man's profile is detailed, with lines and shading that give him depth. This was made using a special printing process. To learn more about this kind of detailed portrait work, look up the technique: engraving.
Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin (French pronunciation: ; 1770–1852) was a French portrait painter and museum director.
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