Domenico Bossi (1767-1853) Miniature. Portrait of the Emperor Alexander I

signed and dated ‘D.Bossi pinxit 1807’ (lower left) gouache, watercolour on ivory 6.4 x 5 cm executed in 1807 Provenance From the collection of Marshal Berthier (1753-1815), Prince of Neuchâtel and Valangin and Prince de Wagram and his descendants. in black uniform with red collar wearing the blue moiré sash and breast-star of the the Imperial Russian Order of St. Andrew