Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin
1797
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Unidentified Young Woman is a 1797 ink by Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This painting shows a young woman's profile. She's looking straight ahead, her face calm. The artist used a lot of detail to make her look realistic. The young woman's profile is very delicate, with soft lines and gentle curves. This kind of detail suggests the artist was very skilled at engraving. You can learn more about this kind of artwork by looking at the technique: engraving.
Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin (French pronunciation: ; 1770–1852) was a French portrait painter and museum director.
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