Wells of Moses (1808), Entry of French Army into Paris in 1436, Versailles Gallery.—Meyer, Künst. Lex., iii. 707.
BERTHÉLEMY, PIERRE ÉMILE, born
at Rouen, April 3, 1818. Marine painter;
pupil of Rouen Art School, then in Paris of
Cogniet and of École des Beaux Arts. Works:
Naval Battle Between French Fleet under
Duquesne and Dutch-Spanish Fleet under
Ruyter, 1676 (1846); Scene from Walter
Scott's Pirate, Harbour of Fécamp (1847);
Ship in Distress (1848); Flight of Jean Bart
(1849); Shipwreck of Van Tromp in Bay of
Trépassés (1851); do. of Corsair Ship (1853);
Return of Fishing Boats (1857); After the
Storm (1859); Burning Vessel (1861); Ship
Le Vaubant in a Storm (1864); Mouth of
the Seine at Sunset (1865); Shipwreck of
Borythenes (1866); do. of Evening Star
(1867); Harfleur Harbour (1868); Return of
Fishing Boats (1877); Various marines
(1879-85).—Meyer, Künst. Lex., iii. 707.
BERTHON, NICOLAS, born in Paris,
Aug. 4, 1831. Genre painter; pupil of École
des Beaux Arts and of Cogniet. Medal,
1866. Works: Mowers' Luncheon (1857);
do. (1863); Mowers, Soldier's Return (1864);
Bowling at Beaucé, Peasant from the Mountains
(1865); During Mass (1866); Souvenir
of the Auvergne (1866), Arras Museum; The
Baurrée (a dance, 1867); Prayer, Spinning
Woman (1868); Pastime (1873); The Walk
(1875); Procession at St. Bonnet (1877); Interior
in Auvergne (1878, 1880, 1882); Procession
of Penitents (1883).—Meyer, Künst.
Lex., iii. 711.
BERTHON, RENÉ THEODORE, born
at Tours in 1776 or 1778, died in Paris,
April 9, 1859. History and portrait painter;
pupil of David; lived in Venice and Vienna
at the beginning of this century, and returned
to Paris in 1806. One of the most
talented artists of the modern school. L. of
Honour. Works: Chloe bathing in a Grotto
(1796); Portrait of Bonaparte as Consul
(1801); Surrender of Ulm (1806), Napoleon
receiving at Berlin Delegation of Senate
after Battle of Jena (1808), Albert Rampon
defending Redoubt of Monte Legino (1812),
Order of St. John taking Possession of Malta
(1839), Versailles Gallery; David obtaining
Saul's Permission to contend with Goliath
(1822), Passage through Caen of Duc de
Berri in 1814 (1824), Caen Museum; Napoleon
handing to Delegation of Senate the
Captured Prussian Standards, Compiègne.—Meyer,
Künst. Lex., iii. 710.
BERTHOUD, AUGUSTE HENRI, born
in Paris of Swiss parents, April, 1829. Landscape
and genre painter; pupil of Prottevin,
and of the École des Beaux Arts, then of
Ary Scheffer and influenced by Corot, with
whom he was allied in friendship; settled at
Interlaken in 1862, and at Neuchâtel, the
home of his family, 1874. President of the
Society of Swiss Painters and Sculptors since
1882. Medal, Vienna, 1873. Works: Repose
sur la Montagne (1857); Unspunnen
near Interlaken (1868); Summit of the
Jungfrau; The Wetterhorn; Kandersteg
Valley; Glacier of Altelo; Women of Arles
in Prayer; Procession of Arlésiennes; Plus
heureux qu'un Roi; Ruth; Judith; Mes
élèves peignant d'aprés nature (1879); View
near Rosenlani Glacier, Evening Breeze
(1882); Death of the Chamois Hunter (1872),
The Jungfrau and the Vagueren, Neuchâtel
Museum.—Meyer, Künst. Lex., iii. 711;
Kunst-Chronik, xiv. 605.
BERTHOUD, LÉON, born at Neuchâtel,
Switzerland, in 1827. Landscape painter;
pupil of Maximilien de Meuron, then in
Paris of Léon Cogniet, spent several years
in Italy, returned to Paris, then settled at
St. Blaise, near Neuchâtel. Works: Crossing
an Arm of the Tiber at Borghetto, Fortified
Tower of Château d'Estavayer, The Frohn
Alp on Lake of Lucerne, Neuchâtel Museum;
Aqueducts in Roman Campagna; Bay
of Naples; View of Sorrento; Temples of
Pæstum; Monte St. Angelo; Baths of Cara-*calla;
Château de Chillon; Lake of Neuchâtel.—Meyer,
Künst. Lex., iii. 711.
BERTIN, ÉDOUARD FRANÇOIS, born
in Paris, in 1797, died there, Sept. 14, 1871.
Landscape painter; pupil of Girodet and
