id:			152532
accession number:	1985.35
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An Aqueduct Near a Fortress, 1807. Jean-Victor Bertin (French, 1767–1842). Oil on fabric; framed: 50.5 x 55 x 8 cm (19 7/8 x 21 5/8 x 3 1/8 in.); unframed: 35.8 x 40.8 cm (14 1/8 x 16 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund 1985.35

title:				An Aqueduct Near a Fortress
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creation date:			1807
creation date earliest:		1807
creation date latest:		1807
current location:		219 19th Century European
creditline:			Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund
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culture:	France, 19th century
technique:	oil on fabric
department:	Modern European Painting and Sculpture
collection:	Mod Euro - Painting 1800-1960
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* Jean-Victor Bertin (French, 1767–1842)  - artist
Bertin entered the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture at age eighteen as a pupil of Gabriel-François Doyen (1726-1806). In 1788 he was a student of Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes (1750-1819), who encouraged him to paint idealized Italianate landscapes. Bertin exhibited at the Salon from 1793 until he died in 1842 and received the Legion of Honor in 1822. The French government commissioned works from him for the Grand Trianon at Versailles and the Château de Fontainebleau and purchased others for the provincial museums. Many of his earlier paintings, however, are only known to us through engraved reproductions. He most likely visited Italy between 1806 and 1808, as may be concluded from specific locations depicted in his landscapes. It was in part through the initiative of Bertin that a special Prix de Rome for historical landscape was created at the Académie in 1817. He conveyed his ideas about landscape painting in two series of lithographs published under the titles Recueil d'études de paysage (1816) and Études de paysages (1823). Among the famous painters who studied under Bertin were Achille Michallon (1796-1822), Jules Coignet (1798-1860) and Corot (q.v.).
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measurements: Framed: 50.5 x 55 x 8 cm (19 7/8 x 21 5/8 x 3 1/8 in.); Unframed: 35.8 x 40.8 cm (14 1/8 x 16 1/16 in.)
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	inscription:	Signed in transparent brown paint in the lower right corner: Bertin /1807 


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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Year in Review for 1985
	opening date:   1986-02-12T05:00:00
	<i>The Year in Review for 1985</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 12-April 20, 1986).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'San Diego, Timken Art Gallery; Williamstown, Mass., Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. J.-B.-C. Corot: View of Volterra (1988), [p. 4], fig. 3, no. 3.', 'opening_date': '1988-01-01T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Harari & Johns, London (with Matthiesen Fine Art, London, and John Lishawa). Purchased by the CMA in 1985.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Argencourt, Louise d', and Roger Diederen. <em>Catalogue of Paintings</em>. <em>Pt. 4. European Paintings of the 19th Century</em>. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1974.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: P. 20-21, Vol. I, no. 7
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IMAGES

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print:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1985.35/1985.35_print.jpg
full:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1985.35/1985.35_full.tif