While Napoleon courted the friendship of the Tsar, he was dismissive towards Frederick William having occupied his capital Berlin and much of his territory.

[3] Ultimately although Prussia was forced to cede swathes of territory, it continued to exist, largely through the intervention of Alexander.

[4] Amongst others depicted are Marshals Louis-Alexandre Berthier, Jean-Baptiste Bessières, Louis-Nicolas Davout and Joachim Murat, general Géraud Duroc, the diplomat Armand-Augustin-Louis de Caulaincourt, the Foreign Minister Talleyrand, Grand Duke Konstantin, Sophie Marie von Voß and Count von Kalckreuth.

[6] The work was produced during the July Monarchy which had a more favourable attitude towards Napoleon than during the previous Restorian Era.

[7] The artist Jean-Charles Tardieu earlier painted a version of the same incident which he exhibited at the Salon of 1808 and which is now also in the collection of Versailles.