Thomas Claiborne
Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin
1805
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From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin
1805
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From the collection of National Gallery of Art
A man in a dark coat sits at a plain wooden table. His face is turned toward us. The background is simple and blurred. This is a print, not a painting. The artist used tiny lines called cross-hatching to make shadows and textures. The paper has a rough, bumpy surface. It looks like Saint-Mémin’s other portraits. Try his portrait of Thomas Claiborne next.
