Jean Bertin
The Mill
1824
Physical Qualities
Oil on canvas, 15 x 18-1/4 in. (38.1 x 46.6 cm.); Frame: 20-1/2 x 23-3/4 x 2 in. (52.1 x 60.3 x 5.1 cm.)
Credit Line
The George A. Lucas Collection, purchased with funds from the State of Maryland, Laurence and Stella Bendann Fund, and contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporations throughout the Baltimore community
Object Number
1996.45.24
In 1785, Bertin enrolled in France’s Royal Academy of Painting where
he thoroughly immersed himself in the classical tradition of French
17th-century landscape representation. He was trained to idealize
nature, carefully balancing his compositions and rendering them in
harmonious colors. Many of his best works date from the 1830s when
he began to temper his academic formulas with direct observations
of nature. Among Bertin’s many pupils was Camille Corot.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1996; The Maryland Institute College of Art,
through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris
through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "The George A. Lucas Collection of the Maryland Institute", October 12-November 21, 1965, cat. #24.
Sona Johnston, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "A View Toward Paris: The Lucas Collection of 19th-Century French Art", October 1, 2006-December 31, 2006.
Sona Johnston, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "A View Toward Paris: The Lucas Collection of 19th-Century French Art", October 1, 2006-December 31, 2006.
Inscribed: FACE: LR, (in white on 2nd board of lock), '[..?] Bertin'. VERSO, FRAME: UL, 'BMA cat./1965/#24'; CR, 'Succession G.A. Lucas...'. VERSO, STRETCHER: TC, (ink on paper), 'Bertin (Jean-Victor) eleve de Valen...(?)/né et mort a Paris (1771(?)-1842./...'; C, (printed label), 'BERTIN (John Victor) Paris/ Born at Paris 1775. Died in 1842. Pupil of Valencien/nes...'
