Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin
1798
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
Joseph Reed, Jr. is a 1798 ink by Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This portrait shows Joseph Reed, Jr. in a profile view with a serious expression. He's set against a dark background, which makes his face stand out. The artist used a lot of detail to make the portrait look refined and elegant, like the subject's clothes and hair are carefully done. To learn more about this style of portrait, 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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