Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin
1802
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Lacoste is a 1802 ink by Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This small print shows a man in a dark coat with a high collar. His face is lit from the side, giving it sharp shadows. The collar frames his face like a stage spotlight. The artist used a technique called mezzotint. It lets him make smooth gradations of gray without lines. Cross-hatching adds fine texture to the coat. Look next at work 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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