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Christ Washing the Feet of His Disciples
Nicolas Bertin (French, 1668–1736)LinkedCulture matchlcp-eecf3fdf1821
- Date
- 1720–30
- Medium
- Oil on panel
- Culture
- France
- Department
- Painting and Sculpture of Europe
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Object ID
- 58052
From the Art Institute of Chicago record
Nicolas Bertin was primarily a painter of religious, mythological, and allegorical subjects. Although trained in the rigorous French academic traditions, he often emulated the broader style of Titian , Paolo Veronese , and other Venetian Renaissance masters. For his depiction of Christ washing Saint Peter's feet just after the Last Supper (John 13:4-5), Bertin created a majestic, theatrical backdrop reminiscent of those in Veronese's pictures. Through gesture and facial expression Bertin adeptly described a range of emotions, from surprise and puzzlement to humility.
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- Credit line
- Charles H. and Mary F. S. Worcester Collection
- Provenance
- Probably a private collection, Lyons [according to Catalogue historique… de M. de Lalive 1764]. Ange Laurent de Lalive de Jully, Paris, by 1757; sold Pierre Remy, Paris, May 7, 1770, no. 65, to Rémy, acting on behalf of the duc de Praslin, for 1,050 livres [according to annotated sale catalogue in Frick Art Reference Library, New York; see also Bailey 1988, p. xlvii]; probably César Gabriel de Choiseul, duc de Praslin (d. 1785), Paris, by descent to Louis César Renaud de Choiseul, vicomte de Choiseul (d. 1791); by descent to César Hippolyte de Choiseul, comte de Choiseul-Praslin; sold A. J. Paillet, Paris, February 18 and following, 1793, no. 152, to Clysorius for 800 livres [see annotated sale catalogue in the Frick Art Reference Library, New York and Lefrançois 1981, p. 114]. Abraham Fontanel, Montpellier [Lefrançois 1981, p. 114]; sold by Fontanel, 1806, to Baron Jacques Joseph de Boussairolles (d. 1814), Château de Mogère, Montpellier for 2,000 livres [according to Lefrançois 1981, p. 114, and Chevalier 1995, pp. 169–177]; by descent to his great-granddaughter, Marie-Claire Boussairolles (d. 1905), who married Charles-Antoine Barthélemy, baron de Saizieu; by descent to Louis-Antoine-Henri Barthélemy, baron de Saizieu; by decent to Joseph, comte de Colbert-Cannet; Chevagnes [according to information sheet provided by Jean Pierre Selz at time of purchase; see also Jeannine Redon, Les Boussairolles. Chronique d’une famille Montpelliéraine sous l’ancien régime et les deux empires, Montpellier 1988, p. 77]; purchased from Colbert-Cannet with Jean Pierre Selz as agent, 1979.
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- Object type
- AAT300033618
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