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Ravine at Sorrento

1821 or later
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 805
Plein-air oil sketches by Bertin are scarce. This example may have been painted on his first trip to southern Italy, in 1821. He was well along in his study of landscape painting when, in 1823, he began to frequent the atelier of Jean Victor Bertin (no relation). There he first encountered Camille Corot and Théodore Caruelle d'Aligny, with whom he would be associated by Salon critics throughout his career.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Ravine at Sorrento
  • Artist: Edouard Bertin (French, Paris 1797–1871 Paris)
  • Date: 1821 or later
  • Medium: Oil on paper mounted on board
  • Dimensions: 16 1/8 x 11 5/8 in. (41 x 29.5 cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Karen B. Cohen Gift, 1986
  • Object Number: 1986.296
  • Curatorial Department: European Paintings

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