Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin
1801
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Oliver Ormsby is a 1801 ink by Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This is a black and white engraving from 1801. It shows Oliver Ormsby in a dark coat with a white neck scarf. His face is lit sharply against a plain dark background. The artist used fine lines to suggest shadows on Ormsby’s coat. This style was popular for portraits at the time. It makes the face stand out clearly. Try looking up the artist Saint-Mémin, Charles B. J. Févret de next.
Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin (French pronunciation: ; 1770–1852) was a French portrait painter and museum director.
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