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Nicolas Bertin
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15,000 - 20,000 GBP
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Description
- Nicolas Bertin
- Moses defending the daughters of Jethro
- oil on canvas, in a French Regence carved and gilt wood frame
Catalogue Note
Bertin depicted this subject in at least three paintings of different compositions which are, respectively, in the Musée de l'Hôtel Sandelin, Saint-Omer (inv. 274 CM),1 the Musée Lambinet, Versailles (inv. no. 83.9.1),2 and that sold London, Bonhams, 30 October 2013, lot 232.
1. T. Lefrançois, Nicolas Bertin (1668–1736). Peintre d'histoire, Neuilly-sur-Seine 1981, pp. 102–03, cat. no. 5, reproduced fig. 33.
2. C. Gendre et al., Peintures du Musée Lambinet à Versailles, Paris 2005, p. 22, cat. no. 38, reproduced.