Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin
1807
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Soissons is a 1807 ink by Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This print shows a simple oval portrait of a man facing left. His dark coat blends into the black background, lit only on his cheek and forehead. The artist used fine lines to shade his face. Mezzotint lets artists print rich blacks and soft grays. Saint-Mémin carved tiny dots and curves into a metal plate, then inked it carefully. This small print took steady hands and sharp eyes. The artist to compare is 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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