[2] Raymond de Verninac was Minister to Sweden from 1792 until 1793, when Louis XVI was executed and relations were broken off.

[8] The sensual painting in neo-classical style depicts Henriette in the classical costume popular during the Directory.

[1] From 1802 to 1805 Raymond de Verninac was French representative to Switzerland, after which he retired from the diplomatic service.

[7] Charles Étienne Raymond Victor de Verninac was born in Paris on 19 November 1803, the couple's only child.

[3] When her mother, Victoire Oeben, died in 1814 it was found that family estate was fully mortgaged, and his attorney had been stealing from it.

[1] When Charles came to Paris to attend the Lycée Louis-le-Grand, Delacroix acted as his informal guardian.

[15] With the trial over her father's estate not yet settled, Henriette was ruined and forced to work to survive.