DOMENICO BOSSI (1767-1853) Miniature. Portrait of the Emperor Alexander I
Lotto 158
15 00020 000
signed and dated 'D.Bossi pinxit 1807' (lower left)
gouache, watercolour on ivory
6.4 x 5 cm (oval)
executed in 1807
Provenance:
From the collection of Marshal Berthier (1753-1815), Prince of Neuchâtel and Valangin and Prince de Wagram and his descendants. Emperor Alexander I is in General's black uniform with red collar, the blue moiré sash and breast-star of the the Imperial Russian Order of St. Andrew.