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The image is a portrait illustration of a man in profile view. He has curly hair, a prominent nose, a strong jawline, and full cheeks. He is dressed in period clothing with a high-collared coat and a cravat. The illustration is set within an oval frame with an inscription including the artist's signature and the name "Pfister Alex Von Pfister" below.
National Gallery of Art · Print
Alexander von Pfister
Charles B. J. Févret de Saint-Mémin
- Date
- 1796-1797
- Medium
- mezzotint and engraving in black on wove paper mounted to brown wove paper
- Dimensions
- image (irregular): 5.56 × 5.56 cm (2 3/16 × 2 3/16 in.) sheet (trimmed to plate): 6.83 × 6.19 cm (2 11/16 × 2 7/16 in.)
- Classification
- Accession number
- 2015.19.1584.4.9
- Credit line
- Corcoran Collection (Gift of William Wilson Corcoran)
- Time span
- 1776 to 1800
- Department
- CG-W
Portfolio and series
- Series
- Saint-Mémin Collection of Portraits
Subjects and terms
- portrait
- American
- engraving
- mezzotint
- Man
- Profile
Provenance
the artist, Dijon, France; Léon Victor Raoul Leclerc, Vicomte de Juigné (the artist's nephew), Dijon, France, 1852; (Henry Stevens, London, England, c. 1859); William W. Corcoran, Washington, DC, c. 1874; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1875; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art
Inscription
lower center in plate: St. Memin No. 27 Pine St. N. York; lower center mount in black ink by unknown hand: Fister. / Alex Von Pfister.
NGA object ID 214359. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.