Bertin entered the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture at age eighteen as a pupil of <a href=" https://findartvalue.com/artist/gabriel-francois-doyen">Gabriel-François Doyen</a> (1726-1806). In 1788, he was a student of <a href="https://findartvalue.com/artist/pierre-henri-de-valenciennes-1750-1">Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes</a> (1750-1819), who encouraged him to paint idealized Italianat