Saint-Mémin Collection of Portraits, Group 40

Charles B. J. Févret de Saint-Mémin

National Gallery of Art

There are 15 oval portraits arranged in a grid of three rows and five columns. Each portrait depicts a male figure shown from the chest up in profile, facing left or right. The men have distinct facial features and varying hairstyles. They are all dressed in formal 18th to early 19th-century attire. The portraits are labeled with names underneath each oval. The background within the ovals is dark, set against a beige backdrop encompassing the entire grid.