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Portrait of a Man

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Black and white portrait drawing of a man. The man has light colored hair pulled back and secured with a ribbon at the nape of his neck. His hair is parted on the right side. The man faces left. He has a large nose and bushy eyebrows. He wears a white collar folded down. He wears a dark colored coat with wide lapels. The background is light grey with darker speckles.

Artwork details

Date:
1797–98
Medium:
Conté crayon, charcoal (?), graphite and white-chalk heightening on off-white laid paper coated with gouache
Culture:
American
Dimensions:
479 × 624 px
Museum record:
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