Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin
1801
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Louis Landais is a 1801 ink by Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
You see a portrait of Louis Landais in a head-and-shoulders profile. The portrait is detailed and formal. It shows Landais from the side, which was a common way to depict people at that time. This style of portrait was often used to show the subject's social status. Look up the work of artist: Saint-Mémin, Charles B. J. Févret de to see more portraits like this one.
Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin (French pronunciation: ; 1770–1852) was a French portrait painter and museum director.
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