 Portrait of Monsieur Bertin is an 1832 oil @-@ on @-@ canvas painting by Jean @-@ Auguste @-@ Dominique Ingres . It depicts Louis @-@ François Bertin ( 1766 – 1841 ) , the French writer , art collector and director of the pro @-@ royalist Journal des débats . Ingres completed the portrait during his first period of success ; having achieved acclaim as a history painter , he accepted portrait commissions with reluctance , regarding them as a distraction from more important work . Bertin was a friend and a politically active member of the French upper @-@ middle class . Ingres presents him as a personification of the commercially minded leaders of the liberal reign of Louis Philippe I. He is physically imposing and self @-@ assured , but his real @-@ life personality shines through – warm , wry and engaging to those who had earned his trust . 
 Portrait of Monsieur Bertin <a href='drop_aux' title='1'><mark>is</mark></a>an 1832 oil @-@ on @-@ canvas painting by Jean @-@ Auguste @-@ Dominique Ingres . It <a href='uninflect' title='2'><mark>depicts</mark></a> Louis @-@ François Bertin ( 1766 – 1841 ) , the French writer , art collector and director of the pro @-@ royalist Journal des débats . Ingres completed the portrait during his first period of success ; <a href='been_done' title='3'><mark>having</mark></a> achieved acclaim as a history painter , he accepted portrait commissions with reluctance , regarding them as a distraction from more important work . Bertin was a friend and a politically active member of the French upper @-@ middle class . Ingres <a href='uninflect' title='4'><mark>presents</mark></a> him as a personification of the commercially minded leaders of the liberal reign of Louis Philippe I. He is physically imposing and self @-@ assured , but his real @-@ life personality <a href='uninflect' title='5'><mark>shines</mark></a> through – warm , wry and engaging to those <a href='null_relcl' title='6'><mark>who</mark></a><a href='been_done' title='7'><mark>had</mark></a> earned his trust . 
Portrait of Monsieur Bertin an 1832 oil @-@ on @-@ canvas painting by Jean @-@ Auguste @-@ Dominique Ingres . It depict Louis @-@ François Bertin ( 1766 – 1841 ) , the French writer , art collector and director of da pro @-@ royalist Journal des débats . Ingres completed the portrait during his first period of success ; done achieved acclaim as a history painter , he accepted portrait commissions with reluctance , regarding em as a distraction from more important work . Bertin was a homie and a politically active member of tdaFrench upper @-@ middle class . Ingres present him as a personification of the commercially minded leaders of the liberal reign of Louis Philippe I. He is physically imposing and self @-@ assured , but his real @-@ life personality shine thru – warm , wry and engaging to those done earned his trust .