Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin
1802
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
William Duane is a 1802 ink by Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This portrait shows a man's head and shoulders in profile. He looks calm and composed. The artist paid close attention to details like his hair and facial features. The portrait is interesting because it was made using a careful process. The artist had to be precise to get the details right. You can learn more about this technique by looking into engraving, which is a method of carving designs onto metal plates to create images.
Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin (French pronunciation: ; 1770–1852) was a French portrait painter and museum director.
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