French school of the 19th century. Portrait of Pierre Simon GIRARD (1765-1836). Oil on canvas (restorations at the bottom of the canvas). Height 78 cm - Width : 63 cm Note: Pierre Simon Girard, French engineer and physicist, head of the Ponts et Chaussées department under the Directoire, then promoted under the Empire following his participation in Bonaparte's expedition to Egypt. Reprinted by Louis Hersent in 1830.