Miniature of General Charles Tristan Marquis de Montholon, Count of Lee (21 July 1783 – 24 August 1853), Adjutant General to Napoleon I and the Emperor's executor, from 1814 Général de Brigade.
Miniature from the personal possessions of Emperor Napoleon, Chateâu de St. Cloud, Cabinet de l'Empereur, no. 24 of the inventory of 1816, miniature painted around 1815 by François Dumont (1751-1831), one of the most important miniaturists of his time.
On Dumont, see L.R. Schidlof, The Miniature in Europe, vol. 1, Graz 1964, pp. 222-223.
Dimensions:
Height: 21.5 cm | 8.46 in.
Width: 21.5 cm | 8.46 in.
Depth: 4.0 cm | 1.57 in.
