[1][2] Guillemardet was a deputy of the Convention and was known for issuing an edict to transform Church buildings into civil meeting centres.

Although the pose seems natural, it is actually very well studied, since Goya wanted to distance itself from the somewhat more rigid postures of his other subjects.

The colours of the French Republic (blue, red and white) stand out in their vivid colours on the sash that Guillemardet has tied around his waist as well as on the cockade and feathers of his bicorn hat placed on the table behind him, in contrast with the soft gold of the table and chair.

Goya uses chromaticism with great skill, based on subtle nuances and reflections in the bluish blacks that dominate the painting.

Its subject took to France and it was later given to the Louvre (where it now hangs) by Guillemardet's son Félix, a friend of Eugène Delacroix.