Alexandre MILON (Rouen 1784 -1854) Portrait of Pierre-Thimothée Gheerbrant, Curator of Medals, Bibliothèque Royale, 1821 Black stone, stump and gum. Signed and dated on the right: "Milon 1821". On verso, on the original backing board, inscribed in pen and ink: "Pierre Timothée Gheerbrant / Conservateur du Cabinet des Antiques / à la Bibliothèque Royale de Paris / né à St Calais le 8 avril 1791 / mort au Mans en 1837 / le 1er janvier 1837". 23.8 x 19.5 cm on sight Pierre Thimothée Gheerbrant (sometimes spelled Gheerbrandt) joined the Cabinet as a supernumerary employee in 1832. He was appointed auxiliary in 1833, but was interned at the insane asylum in Le Mans in May 1836, where he died the following month. He bequeathed his medal collection to the Cabinet.