Unidentified Woman
Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, 12 Mar 1770 - 23 Jun 1852
Details
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- Medium
- Engraving on paper
- Dimensions
- Image: 6.6 × 6.2c m (2 5/8 × 2 7/16"); Sheet: 54.5 × 39.5 cm (21 7/16 × 15 9/16")
- Holding institution
- National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
- Image provider
- smithsonian-national-portrait-gallery
- License
- CC0-1.0
- Credit
- National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon
Art Genome Taxonomy
5 tags
Subject Matter
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Individual Portrait Both · 99%
The museum record identifies the subject as “Portrait” and the title as “Unidentified Woman”; the image visibly presents one woman in profile.
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Silhouettes Visual · 98%
The woman’s face and clothing are organized as a concentrated dark silhouette against the lighter paper, with the profile contour especially clearly defined.
Visual Qualities
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Black and White Visual · 90%
The image is dominated by black or very dark engraved marks against a warm beige paper ground, producing an essentially monochromatic black-and-white effect.
Medium and Techniques
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Etching/Engraving Metadata · 100%
The museum specifies the medium as engraving on paper.
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Work on Paper Both · 100%
The object is cataloged as a print on paper, and the supplied image visibly shows an inked impression surrounded by paper margins.
Source & rights
Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, 12 Mar 1770 - 23 Jun 1852. Unidentified Woman. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon.