Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin
1809
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Michel Angélique Brouard is a 1809 ink by Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
You see a man in a dark coat with a white cravat. His face is calm. Light hits his left cheek. The background is plain. This is a mezzotint, a print made with a rough metal plate. The technique lets artists show soft shadows. Saint-Mémin made many portraits this way. Look for another portrait 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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