Portrait of Marshal Saint-Cyr

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Portrait of Marshal Saint-Cyr
Laurent de Gouvion-Saint-Cyr.jpg
Artist Horace Vernet
Year1821
Type Oil on canvas, portrait painting
Dimensions215 cm× 140 cm(85 in× 55 in)
Location Palace of Versailles, Versailles

Portrait of Marshal Saint-Cyr is an 1821 portrait painting by the French artist Horace Vernet. [1] [2] 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. [3]

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. [4] Vernet exhibited at the Salon of 1824 in Paris. [5] Today it is in the collection of the Palace of Versailles. [6]

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References

  1. Gordon p.106
  2. Chaudonneret p.175
  3. Boime p.139
  4. Gordon p.31
  5. Ruutz-Rees p.47
  6. https://pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/joconde/000PE004836

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