Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin
1806
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
John Taylor is a 1806 ink by Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This painting shows a man's face, likely John Taylor, in a simple frame. The artist used a lot of detail to make the face look real. The man was a postmaster, which is an important job, and this portrait might have been made to honor him. You can learn more about the artist who made this, 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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