Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin
1798
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Joseph McIlvaine is a 1798 ink by Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This print shows a man in a dark coat against a plain background. His face is lit softly, with sharp eyes and a serious mouth. The artist used a special printmaking trick called mezzotint. It makes rich, smooth shadows instead of sharp lines. You can feel the depth in his coat folds. If you like this quiet style, look up 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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