[1] Dubois served as Chief minister of France during the Régence era.

A notable policy was the Anglo-French Alliance of 1716, a pact with France's previous enemies Great Britain.

In the tradition of Richelieu and Mazarin he combined the role of a statesman and clergyman.

[3] He wears a wrap of scarlet silk with a shorter fur cape and holds a letter marked "Au Roy" (To the King).

Today the painting is in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art in Ohio.