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A Forest with Apollo and Daphne

1810

Jean-Victor Bertin

(French, 1767–1842)
Culture
France, 19th century
Medium
oil on fabric
Measurements
Framed: 67.5 x 78.5 x 7 cm (26 9/16 x 30 7/8 x 2 3/4 in.); Unframed: 54 x 65 cm (21 1/4 x 25 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Noah L. Butkin 1975.77
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Location
202 French Neoclassical Decorative Arts
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A horizontally oriented oil painting depicts a dense forest with dark, towering trees. In the lower left foreground, two small figures in orange and blue garments run through a shaded grove. To the right, thick gray-brown trunks frame a sunlit valley with a field and misty mountains under a pale sky. Textured brushstrokes define the lush green foliage and bark, creating a deep landscape with a luminous, distant horizon.

A Forest with Apollo and Daphne

1810

Jean-Victor Bertin

(French, 1767–1842)
France, 19th century

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