PIERRE-LOUIS BOUVIER (GENEVA, 1765-1836) Bust-length portrait of a cavalry officer in dark blue uniform with silver epaulets and buttons, wearing the star of the Legion of Honor. 1814. Oval gouache miniature. Signed and dated lower right. Reverse adorned with a pearled M.F.B. numeral, presumed to be in yellow (750) gold, applied to a checkerboard weave of hair. Plain pink gold (750) hoop. Exempt from hallmarking because made before 1838 (art. 524bis du CGI paragraph a). Medallion size: 7 x 5.9 cm - Gross weight: 47.8 g. Split glass. Small crack to the rim, one retaining nail missing. Some interleave soiling, minor wetness to the hair checkerboard, wear to some pearls. In a rectangular case sheathed in red grained leather. 1.8 x 10.5 x 8.5 cm. Some wear. Provenance : Descendants of the Pinaroli family