Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin
1800
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
Guillaume Pecholier is a 1800 ink by Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This tiny engraving shows a man’s face in sharp profile. The artist used fine cross-hatching to create soft shadows on the cheek and neck. It looks almost photographic for its time. The style was new in 1800. Charles Saint-Mémin made prints this way to copy paintings quickly. Light hits one side of the face, leaving the rest in velvety dark. It’s only five-and-a-half inches square, but it still draws you in. Check out another portrait by Saint-Mémin, Charles B. J. Févret de.
Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin (French pronunciation: ; 1770–1852) was a French portrait painter and museum director.
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