Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin
1798
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Joseph Mouchet 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 and white cravat, turned in profile. His face has sharp lines and soft shading. The artist used a metal plate to carve the image, then inked it for printing. Mezzotint flips the usual process: the artist roughens the whole plate, then smooths parts to make light areas. This lets shades fade into pure white with no lines. Look up the same technique in prints by 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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