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Portrait of Henri Gratien, Comte Bertrand
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Portrait of Henri Gratien, Comte Bertrand

Jean-Baptiste Isabey (French, 1767–1855), artist · 1808 · watercolor on ivory in a gold and enamel frame

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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.

Cleveland Museum of Art’s own description
Credit linePortrait 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

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