id:			119025
accession number:	1940.1211
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1940.1211
updated:		2023-08-23 19:57:31.599000

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

title:				Portrait of Henri Gratien, Comte Bertrand
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creation date:			1808
creation date earliest:		1808
creation date latest:		1808
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creditline:			The Edward B. Greene Collection
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culture:	France, 18th century
technique:	watercolor on ivory in a gold and enamel frame
department:	Modern European Painting and Sculpture
collection:	Mod Euro - Painting 1800-1960
type:		Portrait Miniature
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CREATORS

* Jean-Baptiste Isabey (French, 1767–1855)  - artist

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measurements: 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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inscriptions:

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

	title:		Intimate Images: Portrait Miniatures from Europe and America
	opening date:   1993-03-26T04:00:00
	<i>Intimate Images: Portrait Miniatures from Europe and America</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 26-October 17, 1993).

	title:		Disembodied: Portrait Minatures and their Contemporary Relatives
	opening date:   2013-11-10T00:00:00
	<i>Disembodied: Portrait Minatures and their Contemporary Relatives</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 10, 2013-February 16, 2014).

	title:		Elegance and Intrigue: French Society in 18th-century Prints and Drawings
	opening date:   2016-07-16T04:00:00
	<i>Elegance and Intrigue: French Society in 18th-century Prints and Drawings</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 16-November 6, 2016).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* L’Exposition de la Miniature, Brussels, 1912, no. 869 (Recueil des Oeuvres, G. Van Oest &amp; 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.)

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PROVENANCE

	Maréchal Ney, Prince de la Moskowa (1909).  (Schidlof, 1929). Purchased for £150 by Edward B. Greene.
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wall 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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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	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
	url:		https://archive.org/details/PortraitMiniatures

	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
	url:		https://archive.org/details/PortraitMiniatures

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IMAGES

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print:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1940.1211/1940.1211_print.jpg
full:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1940.1211/1940.1211_full.tif