Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin
1804
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Joseph Forman is a 1804 ink by Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This portrait shows a man's head and shoulders in a side profile. He has a straight nose and full lips. You might notice the detailed lines that make up his face, which were made using a special printing process. The artist paid close attention to the subject's features. To learn more about this kind of detailed work, look up the technique: engraving.
Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin (French pronunciation: ; 1770–1852) was a French portrait painter and museum director.
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