Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin
1801
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Trigant de la Tour is a 1801 ink by Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
A man in a dark coat faces left, his hands folded over a walking stick. His white hair is tied back neatly. The artist used fine lines to shape light and shadow. This engraving shows a quiet, controlled style from early 1800s America. The artist trained in Paris before moving to Philadelphia. He made many portraits like this one. Look up the same artist’s work next: 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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