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Portrait of Henri Gratien, Comte Bertrand

1808

Jean-Baptiste Isabey

(French, 1767–1855)

France, 18th century

Watercolor on ivory in a gold and enamel frame

Framed: 4.3 x 3.4 cm (1 11/16 x 1 5/16 in.); Unframed: 3.9 x 3 cm (1 9/16 x 1 3/16 in.)

The Edward B. Greene Collection 1940.1211

Location

not on view

Description

Bertrand was a military engineer and companion of Emperor Napoleon, who described the bridges his friend Bertrand built for the French crossing of the Danube at Wagram in 1809 as the finest since the Romans.

Inscriptions

Inscription

signed lower right: Isabey [inscribed on case: Henri, 17 Septembre 1808.]

Provenance
Maréchal Ney, Prince de la Moskowa (1909). (Schidlof, 1929). Purchased for £150 by Edward B. Greene.
Citations
Cleveland Museum of Art, and Edward Belden Greene. Portrait Miniatures ; The Edward B. Greene Collection. 1951. Mentioned: p. 23, p. 35, cat. 67; reproduced: Plate XXXIII archive.org
Cleveland Museum of Art, and Edward Belden Greene. Portrait Miniatures ; The Edward B. Greene Collection. 1951. Mentioned: p. 23, p. 35, cat. 67; reproduced Plate XXXIII archive.org
Exhibition history

L’Exposition de la Miniature, Brussels, 1912, no. 869 (Recueil des Oeuvres, G. Van Oest & Cie, 1913, no. 179, repr. pl. XXXVIII, called in error Maréchal Ney)

Cleveland, Lakewood Civic Art Gallery, April 18-July 16, 1973: Miniatures in Art (no cat.)

Intimate Images: Portrait Miniatures from Europe and America. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 26-October 17, 1993).

Disembodied: Portrait Minatures and their Contemporary Relatives. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 10, 2013-February 16, 2014).

Elegance and Intrigue: French Society in 18th-century Prints and Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 16-November 6, 2016).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1940.1211