Peter Schuyler Livingston
Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin
1797
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin
1797
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Peter Schuyler Livingston is a 1797 ink by Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
The image shows a small 1797 portrait of Peter Schuyler Livingston. His face is sharp and detailed. The artist used dark ink for depth. Saint-Mémin made this with a tool called a burnisher to smooth shadows on metal plates. That’s why the face looks so smooth and real. It’s not a painting—it’s an engraving. Look up Saint-Mémin, Charles B. J. Févret de
