Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin
1806
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Henry Alexander Scammell Dearborn is a 1806 ink by Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This painting shows a man's portrait. He's dressed in old-fashioned clothes. The artist used a lot of detail to make the portrait look realistic, which is interesting because it was made a long time ago, and the artist had to be very skilled to achieve this level of detail. The artist likely spent a lot of time getting the details just right. The subject's face and clothes are very detailed, which suggests the artist was trying to make a realistic portrait. You can learn more about this technique by looking into engraving.
Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin (French pronunciation: ; 1770–1852) was a French portrait painter and museum director.
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