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An Aqueduct Near a Fortress
Jean Victor Bertin1807
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
The arcade, or covered passageway lined with arches, appeared frequently as part of aqueducts, bridges, galleries, and even as arches in foliage in paintings by Bertin and his contemporaries in the early 19th century. While some of Bertin’s paintings of aqueducts were likely painted from nature, this one appears to be a product of the artist’s imagination.
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- Title: An Aqueduct Near a Fortress
- Creator: Jean-Victor Bertin (French, 1767-1842)
- Date Created: 1807
- Physical Dimensions: 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.)
- Provenance: Harari & Johns, London (with Matthiesen Fine Art, London, and John Lishawa). Purchased by the CMA in 1985.
- Type: Painting
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1985.35
- Medium: oil on fabric
- Inscriptions: Signed in transparent brown paint in the lower right corner: Bertin /1807
- Department: Modern European Painting and Sculpture
- Culture: France, 19th century
- Credit Line: Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund
- Collection: Mod Euro - Painting 1800-1960
- Accession Number: 1985.35
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