Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin
1809
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Peter Fayolle is a 1809 ink by Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
You see a tiny portrait in profile. The man’s face takes up most of the 5.5-inch square. His coat and hair blend into the dark background. Mezo-what? This is a mezzotint, a print made by roughening a metal plate. Cross-hatching controls the shadows, creating soft tones in the face. Look up the artist who made this, 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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