Gallery notes

PREVIEW: When it was exhibited at the Paris Salon, this beautifully preserved picture was entitled Une vue de Cora, ville de Latium, which should be interpreted as the town of Cori at the foot of the Alban Hills in Lazio. As a master of the paysage historique, Jean-Victor Bertin drew his inspiration from the Roman campagna. With its timeless buildings and an ordered vision of a tranquil, almost dreamy scene, complete with herders dressed in togas, this painting defines the neo-Classical tradition of landscape...