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Saint-Mémin Collection of Portraits, Group 13

Charles B. J. Févret de Saint-Mémin

National Gallery of Art

The image displays fifteen circular portrait illustrations of men in formal 18th-century attire, each set against a beige square background. The men are depicted from the chest up, showing various hairstyles including powdered wigs and tied-back natural hair. The subjects face either left or right and are named below their portrait in stylized script.

Artwork Details

Date
1799
Medium
fifteen engravings with roulette mounted to brown wove paper
Dimensions
4000 × 2847 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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