Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin
1796
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
John Allen is a 1796 ink by Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This portrait shows a man with curly hair tied back by a ribbon. He has a neutral expression and formal attire. The engraving has a lot of detail, which was typical of the time. His clothes and hairstyle reflect the styles of the late 1700s. The artist paid close attention to detail in this portrait. To learn more about this style, look up the technique: engraving.
Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin (French pronunciation: ; 1770–1852) was a French portrait painter and museum director.
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