Bertin (1766-1841) was a leading figure in the cultural world of the new, “bourgeois” King Louis Philippe, who had acceded to the French throne in 1830, and was to be ousted in the Revolution of 1848.
Stop and Look – Ingres’ portrait of…
Bertin (1766-1841) was a leading figure in the cultural world of the new, “bourgeois” King Louis Philippe, who had acceded to the French throne in 1830, and was to be ousted in the Revolution of 1848.