Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin
1804
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
Thomas Jefferson is a 1804 ink by Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This painting is a profile of Thomas Jefferson. He's shown from the side, with a calm expression. The artist took care to get the details right, which is interesting because this portrait is considered very accurate. The artist used a special process to create this image. This process involved careful work to get the details just right. You can learn more about this technique by looking into engraving.
Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin (French pronunciation: ; 1770–1852) was a French portrait painter and museum director.
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