Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin
1802
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Miss Martin is a 1802 ink by Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This engraving shows Miss Martin in a simple dark dress. Her face is lit softly, the shadows and highlights made by tiny dots of black ink. The artist used a technique called cross-hatching to shade her skin and clothes. Mezzotint means the artist roughed up a metal plate, then polished parts smooth to print light areas. This print feels delicate because of those fine lines. See how the dots fade near her collar? That’s how engraving tricks your eye. Look up engraving, 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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