A BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY OF
Saints, dated by him in 1476. The sacristy of
Santa Maria di Castello, San Vito, possesses by
him a ' Virgin and Child, between SS. Peter and
Paul,' dated 1488 ; and in Savorgnano is a
' Madonna,' signed and dated 1490. The dates of
his birth and death are not known.
BBRTHON, Ren6 Theodore, was bom at Tours in 1776, and studied under David. He painted scriptural and historical subjects, and a large number of portraits, which, although of no great merit, gained him a certain reputation in the days of the first empire and the restoration. Among his portraits are those of Napoleon I. when First Consul, Pauline Bonaparte, Mile. Diichesnois, and Lady Jlorgan. Several of his historical pictures are at Versailles. He died in Paris in 1859. His daughter, Sidonie Berthon, a miniature painter, was a pupil of her father and of Mme de Mirbel. She was bom in Paris in 1817, and died in 1871.
BERTIN, FRAxgois Epouard, born in Paris in 1797, studied under Girodet-Trioson and Bidauld. He represented the details and general character of a landscape with great skill, but was less successful in his colouring. He was inspector of the Beaux Arts, and from 1854 director of the 'Journal des Ddbats.' He died in Paris in 1871. The following are some of his best known works-
Cimabue meeting with Giotto. Christ on the Mount of Olives. 1S37. A view of Olevano. The old Tombs on the Nile. The Forest of Fontaineblean. View of an excavated Monastery near Viterbo.
BERTIN, Jean Victor, a painter of historical landscapes, who was born in Paris in 1775, was a pupil of the celebrated Valenciennes, and was in turn the master of Alichallon, Coignet, Boisselier, Corot, Enfantin, and others. Amongst his prin- cipal works may be cited :
The Festival of Pan. The Offering to Venus. Cicero's Keturn from fcile. The Flight of Angelica. The Festival of Bacchus. Arrival of Napoleon at Ettlingen. Many of his works will be found in the galleries at Versailles, and in other public collections. In the Louvre there is a ' View of the Island of Phoenos with the Temple of Minerva.' This artist is distinguished for the correctness of his design, the severity of his drawing, and his hannonious colouring ; but his style is somewhat mannered and conventional. He died in Paris in 1842.
BERTIN, Marc. See Doval.
BERTIN, Nicolas, a French painter, was bom in Paris about 1668. His father, a sculptor, died when Nicolas was but four years of age, and he was placed under the tuition of Jean Jouvenet, and afterwards studied under Bon Boulogne. His progress was rapid, and at eighteen he gained the first prize at the Academy, and was sent to Italy for improvement, where he remained four years. On his return to Paris he distinguished himself by some historical works, and was made an Acade- mician in 1703, and became professor in 1716. He was employed by Louis XIV. in the chAteau of Trianon, where he painted ' Vertumnus and Pomona,' and other works, but he excelled in cabinet pictures. He died in Paris in 1736. The following are his best works :
Amsterdam. Museum. Joseph and Potiphar's wife {signed). ,. „ Susannah at the bath (signed). Dresden. Gallery. The Acorn and the Pumpkin. 126 Dresden. Gallery. The Bear and the Amateur Gar- dener. St. Germain St. Philip^baptizing the Eunuch of des Pris. J " Paris. Louvre. Queen Can dace (Me sketch for this picture is in the Louvre). Hercules delivering Prometheus.
BERTINOT, GnsTAVE, a French engraver, was bom at Louviers (Eure), June 23, 1822. He was a pupil of Drolling and Martinet, and gained the 'Prixde Rome 'in 1850. In 1867 he gained a medal of the first class and the Cross of the Legion. He succeeded Martinet at the Acaddmie des Beaux Arts in 1878. He died April 19, 1888. Among his best plates were portraits of Ingres, Cherubini, and Van Dyck, and the ' Vierge aux Donataires,' after Van Dyck.
BERTO DI GIOVANNI, a pupil of Pemgino, painted at Perugia from 1497 to 1525. He exe- cuted works for the magistrates, and was a member of the guild of that city. He painted with a predella, in the convent of Santa Maria di Monteluce at Perugia, the following subjects from the Life of Christ : ' The Nativity,' ' The Present- ation,' and ' The Marriage ' and ' Death of the Virgin.' These form part of a large work of the 'Coronation of the Virgin,' which Raphael was originally commissioned to paint, but which was subsequently executed by an artist whose name has not been recorded.
BEKTOJA, Jacopo, incorrectly Giacinto, (or Bertogia,) a native of Pamia, painted historical pieces in the manner of Parmigiano ; and his cabinet- pictures were, in his own time, much prized. He flourished in the later years of the 16th century. Zani tells us that he died in 1618, at a great age.
BER'TOLOTTI, Giovanni Lorenzo. According to Ratti, this painter was bom at Genoa in 1640, and was a scholar of Francesco Castiglione. He painted historical subjects with considerable skill ; and his biographer speaks in very favourable terms of a picture painted by him in the church of La Visitazione, at Genoa, representing the ' Visitation of the Virgin Mary to St. Elizabeth.' He died in 1721.
BERTRAM, — , a Dutch engraver, who flour- ished about the year 1690. He engraved several plates, representing views and public buildings, which are executed in a very neat style.
BERTRAND, JAMES. a French painter.and native of Lyons, was one of the most distinguished of Perrin's pupils. His subjects were chiefly poetical and mythological. Among pictures exhibited by him at the Salon we may mention ; ' The Com- munion of St. Benedict' (now in the possession of the Society des Beaux Arts at Lyons), ' The Con- version of St. Thais,' ' St. Mary of Egypt,' ' Peasants of the Abruzzi at St. Peter's,' ' Phryne at Eleusis,' and 'The Death of Sappho.' He died in September, 1887.
BEKTEAND, Noel FRANgois, a French en- graver, who was bom at Soisy-sous-Etiolles in 1784, was a pupil of the younger Moreau and of David. He engraved in the clialk manner a large number of figures taken from the works of Raphael, Titian, Rubens, Poussin, LeBrun, David, and other great masters, besides some portraits of sovereigns and other distinguished persons. He died at Saint- Ouen in 1852.
BERTRY, N. H. JEAURAT DE. See Jeadrat.
BERTUCCI, Giovanni Battista. See Faenza, G. B. DA.
BERTUCCI, Jacopo, who is not to be confounded
