Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin
1802
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
John R. Smith is a 1802 ink by Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This small engraving shows a man in profile. His dark coat and white collar stand out against the plain background. The artist used fine lines to create soft shadows on his face. Mezzotint was popular for portraits in the early 1800s. It lets artists make smooth gradations of tone, almost like paint. Saint-Mémin used this technique to give the portrait a realistic, three-dimensional look. Try looking up another engraving by Saint-Mémin, Charles B. J. Févret de.
Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin (French pronunciation: ; 1770–1852) was a French portrait painter and museum director.
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