Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin
1800
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
John Dorsey is a 1800 ink by Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This painting shows John Dorsey in a profile portrait. He's shown from the side with curly hair. The artist used a lot of detail to make his features stand out. The portrait is small, measuring only 5.56 × 5.56 cm. It's one of several works by the French artist, who was active in the early 1800s. He made many portraits like this one, using a technique that involved engraving. You can learn more about this style by looking into 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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