XIR375718 Jean-Baptiste Bessieres, Duke of Istria, 1853 (oil on canvas) by Hedouin, Pierre Edmond Alexandre (1820-89); 215 x 140 cm; Ch璽teau de Versailles, France; (add.info.: Jean Baptiste Bessieres (1768-1813); successful French general during the Napoleonic era; Commander of the Cavalry of the Imperial Guard 1809-12; created Marechal by Napoleon in 1804 and Duc d\'Istrie in 1809; killed at Rippach in 1813; copy of the portrait by Henri-Francois Riesener (1767-1828);); French, out of copyright.