Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin
1807
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
William Peter Van Ness is a 1807 ink by Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This painting shows a portrait of William Peter Van Ness. He's dressed formally, with a serious expression. The artist used a lot of detail to create this image. The portrait was made from a mezzotint and engraving, which is a technique that involves scratching a design into a metal plate. This process allows for very fine details and textures, like the folds in Van Ness's clothing. You can learn more about this technique by looking into the work of other artists who used it, like the technique of engraving.
Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin (French pronunciation: ; 1770–1852) was a French portrait painter and museum director.
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