École française du début du XIXème siècle Portrait of an officer of the Grande Armée (Alphonse ...). Oval miniature circled in metal. Unsigned. On the back of the frame, inscription attributing this miniature to Pierre CARTELIER (1757 - 1831) and the model's first name [ancestry of goldsmith and chiseler Antoine VECHTE]. 5 x 6 cm. Important gilded frame in molded wood and rocaille molded plaster (accidents and missing parts). Pierre CARTELLIER is better known as a sculptor and goldsmith-chiseleur than as a painter or miniaturist. Provenance : Collection of painter Georges HAQUETTE (1852-1906), then by descent.