Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin
1798
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
John Thurman is a 1798 ink by Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This painting shows a man in profile, facing right. He's dressed in simple clothes. The artist used a lot of detail to make the portrait look realistic. The portrait is interesting because it was made using a technique that was popular at the time. The artist had to be very skilled to create such a detailed image. You can learn more about this technique by looking into the work of the artist: 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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