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Source 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.
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Document identity
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119025
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Portrait of Henri Gratien, Comte Bertrand
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Source metadata
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119025
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object
title
Portrait of Henri Gratien, Comte Bertrand
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.
date
1808
rights
CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q80014228
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3682
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Portrait Miniature
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
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.)
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France, 18th century
accession
1940.1211
Source extras
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watercolor on ivory in a gold and enamel frame
tombstone
Portrait of Henri Gratien, Comte Bertrand, 1808. Jean-Baptiste Isabey (French, 1767–1855). 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 Cleveland Museum of Art, The Edward B. Greene Collection, 1940.1211
collection
Mod Euro - Painting 1800-1960
inscriptions
inscription
signed lower right: Isabey [inscribed on case: Henri, 17 Septembre 1808.]
citations
citation
Cleveland Museum of Art, and Edward Belden Greene. <em>Portrait Miniatures ; The Edward B. Greene Collection. </em>1951.
page_number
Mentioned: p. 23, p. 35, cat. 67; reproduced: Plate XXXIII
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The Edward B. Greene Collection
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2026-05-29 06:09:14.440000
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119025
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Modern European Painting and Sculpture
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Mod Euro - Painting 1800-1960
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watercolor on ivory in a gold and enamel frame
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male
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photo
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