Peter Stephen DuPonceau

c. 1800

Charles B. J. Févret de Saint-Mémin

Associated Names
Charles B. J. Févret de Saint-Mémin

Artist, French, 1770 - 1852

The image shows a man's head-and-shoulders profile facing left. He has defined, classically handsome features, short curly hair, and is wearing a high-collared coat with a visible cravat or ascot. The background is a plain, light-toned surface, emphasizing the man in the central circle.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection

  • Dimensions

    image (irregular): 5.56 × 5.56 cm (2 3/16 × 2 3/16 in.)
    plate: 6.35 × 6.35 cm (2 1/2 × 2 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 18.57 × 13.97 cm (7 5/16 × 5 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.2475

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Miles 1994, no. 289

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mr. F. J. Duer, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1884; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

1994

  • Miles, Ellen G. Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical Profile Portrait in America. Washington, DC: National Portrait Gallery, 1994, p. 295, no. 289.

Inscriptions

lower center in plate: Drawn & engrd. by St. Memin Philada.; upper right in graphite by unknown hand: Presented to the Gallery by / Mr. F. J. Duer of Phila. / (see letter) May 16, 1884; lower right in graphite by unknown hand: Peter S Duponceau

Wikidata ID

Q77009552

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