[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.

[5] Today it is in the collection of the Palace of Versailles.

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