Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin
1803
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Mary Ann Smith Gilmor is a 1803 ink by Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
You see a woman’s side profile on aged paper. Light hits her face just right. The artist used fine lines to shade her cheek and hair. This print style, called mezzotint, lets artists create smooth tones. It was big in America around 1800. The work is small but full of detail. Look up this artist next. 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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