Hippolyte Berteaux (1848-1926), Portrait Of A Magistrate, Oil On Canvas, 1877

Hippolyte Berteaux (1848-1926)
Portrait of a magistrate
Oil on canvas, wooden frame and gilded stucco
1877
Signed and dated upper right: Berteaux 1877
On the frame in the center at the top, note on a plaque: H. BERTEAUX

Large and beautiful portrait of a medal-winning magistrate.
The frame has some whitening: restoration quote on demand.

Born March 28, 1843 in Saint-Quentin and died October 17, 1926 in Paris, Hippolyte Berteaux was a French painter, known for his murals and portraits. Son of a sculptor, Hippolyte Berteaux learned to paint at the Paris School of Fine Arts in the workshops of Hippolyte Flandrin, Léon Cogniet and Paul Baudry. From 1872 to 1875, he was painter to the sultan in Istanbul. He then moved to Nantes where he practiced portraiture and landscapes, particularly sunsets over the dunes. One of his works is in the collections of the Musée d'Orsay. He exhibited at the Salon des artistes français where he obtained a 2nd class medal in 1885 before exhibiting out of competition. He sent his works from 1901 to the Salon of the Société nationale des beaux-arts. Knighted in 1891 then officer in 1923 of the Legion of Honor, he was elected member of the fine arts in 1906.