Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin
1804
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
Henry Alexander is a 1804 ink by Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This portrait shows a man's upper torso in profile. He's dressed in simple clothes. The portrait is oval and detailed. The artist used a lot of lines to create texture. This was a common way to add detail in portraits back then. It makes the subject look realistic. You can learn more about this style by looking at the work of artist: 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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