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.
Provenance
Maréchal Ney, Prince de la Moskowa (1909). (Schidlof, 1929). Purchased for £150 by Edward B. Greene.
Accession Number
1940.1211
Medium
watercolor on ivory in a gold and enamel frame
Dimensions
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.)
Classification
Portrait Miniature
Credit Line
The Edward B. Greene Collection
