Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin
1799
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
John Edwards Caldwell is a 1799 ink by Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This small print shows a man in a dark coat with a high white collar. His face is calm and well-lit against a plain background. The artist used fine lines to shape the shadows and details of the face. This was made in 1799, when portraits like this were popular in America. Mezzotint prints were rare back then. They gave a smooth, rich look to skin and fabric. Try looking up Saint-Mémin, Charles B. J. Févret de next.
Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin (French pronunciation: ; 1770–1852) was a French portrait painter and museum director.
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