id:			155636
accession number:	1990.79
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1990.79
updated:		2022-01-04 17:09:13.807000

Landscape with Two Monks, c. 1840. François Edouard Bertin (French, 1797-1871). Graphite heightened with white chalk; framing lines (arched at top) in graphite; sheet: 27.4 x 32.2 cm (10 13/16 x 12 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1990.79

title:				Landscape with Two Monks
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creation date:			c. 1840
creation date earliest:		1835
creation date latest:		1845
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creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
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culture:	France, 19th century
technique:	graphite heightened with white chalk; framing lines (arched at top) in graphite
department:	Drawings
collection:	DR - French
type:		Drawing
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CREATORS

* François Edouard Bertin (French, 1797-1871)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 27.4 x 32.2 cm (10 13/16 x 12 11/16 in.)
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	description:	blue laid paper
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	VERSO, lower right, in graphite: 227083
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		French Drawings from the Collection
	opening date:   1994-12-13T05:00:00
	<i>French Drawings from the Collection</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 13, 1994-March 12, 1995).

	title:		Nature Sublime: Landscapes from the 19th Century
	opening date:   2004-08-15T00:00:00
	<i>Nature Sublime: Landscapes from the 19th Century</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 15-November 14, 2004).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* CMA, French Drawings from the Collection (Dec. 13, 1994-Mar. 12, 1995).<br>Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art; 8/15/04-11/14/04. "Nature Sublime: Landscapes from the 19th Century".  No exhibition catalogue.

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Bertin studied initially with Girodet and later with Ingres and from them acquired a grounding in classical landscape. He began his career by submitting a historical landscape to the Salon of 1827, but shortly thereafter he broke with classical tradition and devoted himself to painting and drawing from nature. He traveled widely in Europe, particularly in Italy, where he lived for more than a decade. In this drawing on blue paper, two monks populate an Italian roadside scene. Bertin combined a close examination of nature in the specific rendering of the trees and rocks with a clear, almost abstract organization of the planes that belies his classical training.
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