Portrait of Henri Gratien, Comte Bertrand
Medium
watercolor on ivory in a gold and enamel frame
Dimensions
unframed: 3.9 × 3 cm · framed: 4.3 × 3.4 cm
Classification
Portrait Miniature
Department
Modern European Painting and Sculpture
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
The Edward B. Greene Collection
Accession Number
1940.1211
Tags
male
About this artwork
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.