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 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