Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin
1800
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Jonathan Mason is a 1800 ink by Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
You see a portrait of Jonathan Mason in this painting. He's the main subject, looking straight at you. The artist used a lot of detail to show what Mason looked like, which is interesting because it gives us a glimpse of what people wore back then, like fancy clothes and hairstyles. The way the artist made this portrait is also notable, it's a mezzotint and engraving on paper, which was a common technique at the time. This technique allowed the artist to create a lot of shading and texture in the portrait. The portrait is also part of the Corcoran Collection, which is a collection of American art. You can learn more about this technique by looking into the work of 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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