Portrait of Marshal Saint-Cyr is an 1821 portrait painting by the French artist Horace Vernet.Gordon p.106Chaudonneret p.175 It depicts Laurent de Gouvion Saint-Cyr, a former Marshal of the Empire under Napoleon. In 1817 he was appointed as Minister of War during the post-war Restoration era.Boime p.139
Rather than the more common state portrait Saint-Cyr is shown as a man of action, lit by lamplight in a military camp planning the next day's campaigning.Gordon p.31 Vernet exhibited at the Salon of 1824 in Paris.Ruutz-Rees p.47 Today it is in the collection of the Palace of Versailles.https://pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/joconde/000PE004836
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