id:			119025
accession number:	1940.1211
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1940.1211
updated:		2024-08-08 15:13:32.830000

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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	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

* {'description': '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)', 'opening_date': '1912-01-01T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'Cleveland, Lakewood Civic Art Gallery, April 18-July 16, 1973: Miniatures in Art (no cat.)', 'opening_date': '1973-04-18T00:00:00'}

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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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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

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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