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'''''Portrait of Marshal Saint-Cyr''''' is an 1821 ] by the French ] ].<ref>Gordon p.106</ref> <ref>Chaudonneret p.175</ref> It depicts ], a former ] under ]. In 1817 he was appointed as ] during the post-war ].<ref>Boime p.139</ref> '''''Portrait of Marshal Saint-Cyr''''' is an 1821 ] by the French ] ].<ref>Gordon p.106</ref> <ref>Chaudonneret p.175</ref> It depicts ], a former ] under ]. In 1817 he was appointed as ] during the post-war ].<ref>Boime p.139</ref>


Rather than the more common state portrait Saint-Cyr is shown as a man of action, lit by ] in a ] planning the next day's campaigning.<ref>Gordon p.31</ref> Vernet exhibited at the ] in ].<ref>Ruutz-Rees p.47</ref> Today it is in the collection of the ].<ref>https://pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/joconde/000PE004836</ref> Rather than the more common state portrait Saint-Cyr is shown as a man of action, lit by ] in a ] planning the next day's campaigning.<ref>Gordon p.31</ref> Vernet exhibited at the ] in ].<ref>Ruutz-Rees p.47</ref> Today it is in the collection of the ].<ref>https://pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/joconde/000PE004836</ref>


==References== ==References==

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Painting by Horace Vernet
Portrait of Marshal Saint-Cyr
ArtistHorace Vernet
Year1821
TypeOil on canvas, portrait painting
Dimensions215 cm × 140 cm (85 in × 55 in)
LocationPalace of Versailles, Versailles

Portrait of Marshal Saint-Cyr is an 1821 portrait painting by the French artist Horace Vernet. 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.

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. Vernet exhibited at the Salon of 1824 in Paris. Today it is in the collection of the Palace of Versailles.

References

  1. Gordon p.106
  2. Chaudonneret p.175
  3. Boime p.139
  4. Gordon p.31
  5. Ruutz-Rees p.47
  6. https://pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/joconde/000PE004836

Bibliography

  • Boime, Albert. A Social History of Modern Art, Volume 3: Art in Age of Counterrevolution. University of Chicago Press, 2004.
  • Chaudonneret, Marie-Claude. L'état et les artistes: de la restauration à la monarchie de Juillet (1815-1833). Flammarion, 1999.
  • Gordon, Alden R. Masterpieces from Versailles: Three Centuries of French Portraiture. Smithsonian Institution, 1983
  • Harkett, Daniel & Hornstein, Katie (ed.) Horace Vernet and the Thresholds of Nineteenth-Century Visual Culture. Dartmouth College Press, 2017.
  • Ruutz-Rees, Janet Emily. Horace Vernet. Scribner and Welford, 1880.
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