Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin
1805
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Thomas Griffin is a 1805 ink by Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
You see a man’s face turned left in shadow. His white wig curls tight. A dark coat collar frames his sharp nose and small lips. This tiny print packs detail. The artist used cross-hatching—tiny lines—to make the shadows soft and the skin smooth. It looks three-dimensional even though it’s black and white. Look up Saint-Mémin, Charles B. J. Févret de next.
Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin (French pronunciation: ; 1770–1852) was a French portrait painter and museum director.
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