Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin
1797
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Phoebe Harisson Cuming is a 1797 ink by Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
You see a black-and-white portrait of a woman in a simple dress. Her hair is pulled back tight. The artist used a special print method called mezzotint. That means the ink sits in tiny pits on the plate. Look closer at her face. The lines are soft but very precise. The artist carved them with tiny tools. This technique gives the print a velvety look. Want to see more like this? Check out prints 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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