Detail of Amédée-David,
Comte de Pastoret |  | Pastoret
wears the black embroidered uniform of a councillor of state to the court of Charles
X. The cross of the Legion of Honor hangs from a scarlet ribbon at his neck. Pastoret
had been named commander in the Legion of Honor in 1824, two years before this
portrait was completed; in 1853 he was elevated to the rank of grand officer by
Napoleon III. Ingres himself was named a knight in the Legion of Honor in 1825,
the year after Pastoret. The artist was promoted to the rank of commander in 1845
and grand officer in 1855. | |
