NICOLAS BERTIN (FRENCH 1668-1736)MOSES DEFENDING THE DAUGHTERS OF JETHROOil on panel49 x 70.8cm (19? x 27?in.)Provenance: Probably, The Collection of Baron de VanballeProbably, His Sale, Paris, 9 April 1781, lot 90 Probably, The Williot Collection Probably, His Sale, Paris, 26 February 1788, lot 6The Collection of Louis Robert de Saint-Victor, Rouen His Sale, Galerie Le Brun, Paris, 26 November 1822, lot 520 Art market Paris and New York, 1959 Sale, Bonhams, London, 30 October 2013, lot 232Exhibited: Possibly exhibited in the Paris Salon of 1704Literature: T. Lefran?ois, Nicolas Bertin 1668-1736, Neuilly-sur-Seine, 1981, cat. 4, p. 102 A. Schapper, 'Nouvelle acquisitions des musée de province. Musée de Saint-étienne. A propos d'un tableau de N. Bertin.', La Revue du Louvre et der Musée de France, nos. 4-5, p. 358, note 7The subject of this painting is taken from the Book of Exodus (2:16-22): Jethro's daughters are driven away by Midianite shepherds while drawing water at a well, but Moses comes to their rescue. In gratitude, Jethro gives him his eldest daughter, Zipporah, in marriage. A smaller version of this subject by the artist is in the Musée de l'H?tel Sandelin, Saint-Omer.Nicolas Bertin trained under Jean Jouvenet and Bon Boullogne before entering the Academy. He won the Prix de Rome in 1685 and, after returning to France in 1689, worked at Versailles with the support of his brother Claude, a sculptor. Until 1701, his work consisted mainly of small mythological scenes. He was admitted to the Royal Academy in 1703 with Hercules Releasing Prometheus (Louvre, Paris) and became a professor in 1715, later working for Louis XIV at the Chateau du Trianon and for Elector Max Emmanuel of Bavaria.We are grateful to the late Alastair Laing for having confirmed the attribution to Nicolas Bertin.
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