Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin
1805
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
James Jackson is a 1805 ink by Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
You see a small oval portrait of a man in a dark coat. His face is lit softly. The background is plain. This print is tiny—just over two inches wide. Mezzotint was new in America then. Saint-Mémin used a roughed metal plate to make rich blacks. Tiny dots cover the paper, catching the light. Check out more of Saint-Mémin, Charles B. J. Févret de’s work at the National Gallery of Art, Washington.
Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin (French pronunciation: ; 1770–1852) was a French portrait painter and museum director.
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