Jean Eugene Charles Alberti, “Warrior with Sword Drawn”, 1850, Oil on Canvas, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Jean Eugene Charles Alberti was an Dutch painter of Italian descent who worked most of his life in Paris. He studied in Amsterdam,moving there with his parents at the age of five. Later he studied under Jacques-Louis David, a French painter in the Neoclassical style. Afterwards he traveled to Rome, where he copied works by Guido Reni, a painter of the high-Baroque style, and the works of Anthony van Dyck, a Flemish portrait artist of the Baroque style.

He returned to Paris, France and stayed there until 1843. After that date, there is no definitive information about him, neither his destination (possibly the Netherlands) or the date of his death. His painting entitled “Marius among the Ruins of Cathage”, painted in 1805, gained him a gold medal.

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