About René Théodore Berthon
Lived 1776 – 1859 (aged 82). René Théodore Berthon was a French painter.
The Capture of Malta in 1530 by Philippe Villiers de L'Isle-Adam, Grand Master of the Order of Knights Hospitaller, now at the Palace of Versailles. René Théodore Berthon (1776–1859) was a French painter of religious and historical subjects, and of portraits.
Life Berthon was born at Tours in 1776, and studied under David. He painted scriptural and historical subjects, and a large number of portraits, which, although of no great merit, gained him a certain reputation in the days of the first empire and the restoration. Among his portraits are those of Napoleon I when First Consul, Pauline Bonaparte, Mademoiselle Duchesnois, and Lady Morgan. Several of his historical pictures are at Versailles. He died in Paris in 1859. His son, George Théodore Berthon, was a portrait artist who emigrated to England and then to Canada.
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French painter (1776-1859)
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René Théodore Berthon was born on 17 July 1776 in Tours.
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René Théodore Berthon died on 7 April 1859 in Paris.
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René Théodore Berthon was a painter.
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René Théodore Berthon was French.
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