# An Aqueduct Near a Fortress

- By: Jean-Victor Bertin (French, 1767–1842)
- Date: 1807
- Medium: oil on fabric
- Classification: Painting
- Dimensions: Framed: 50.5 x 55 x 8 cm (19 7/8 x 21 5/8 x 3 1/8 in.); Unframed: 35.8 x 40.8 cm (14 1/8 x 16 1/16 in.)
- Culture: France, 19th century
- Credit line: Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/1985.35)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1985.35/1985.35_web.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

The arcade, or covered passageway lined with arches, appeared frequently as part of aqueducts, bridges, galleries, and even as arches in foliage in paintings by Bertin and his contemporaries in the early 19th century. While some of Bertin’s paintings of aqueducts were likely painted from nature, this one appears to be a product of the artist’s imagination.