Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin
1801
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Lewis Salles is a 1801 ink by Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This small print shows a man’s head and shoulders facing left. His coat has a high collar and his hair is pulled back. The artist used fine lines to shade the face and coat. Mezzotint gives soft blends in the skin tones. The engraving adds crisp details. Small dots create shading, a trick this artist loved. Look up the technique called cross-hatching next.
Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin (French pronunciation: ; 1770–1852) was a French portrait painter and museum director.
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