Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin
1809
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Jacint Laval is a 1809 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 serious face. He's dressed in old-fashioned clothes. The artist paid close attention to details like the subject's hairstyle and uniform. The portrait is very small, only a few centimeters tall. This suggests the artist was skilled at working on a tiny scale. The subject, Jacint Laval, was a lieutenant colonel, which might explain the formal pose. You can learn more about this kind of artwork by looking into the technique of engraving.
Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin (French pronunciation: ; 1770–1852) was a French portrait painter and museum director.
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