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The Festival of the Supreme Being on 8 June 1794, held on the Champ de Mars, marked the height of Maximilien Robespierre's power. Painting by Pierre-Antoine Demachy, c. 1794. Musée Carnavalet, Paris.

On 8 February 1807, the second day of the Battle of Eylau, Marshal Joachim Murat leads the French Cavalry Reserve in a massive charge; involving over 11,000 men, it is one of the greatest cavalry charges of history. Painting by Jean-Antoine-Siméon...

The Triumvirate of the Terror: Louis Antoine Saint-Just (left), Maximilien Robespierre (center), Georges Couthon (right). Unknown author, 1794.

Battle of Millesimo (13 April 1796) during the first weeks of Napoleon's Italian campaign, painting by Nicolas-Antoine Taunay, 1812. Palace of Versailles.

An 1816 painting of Rio de Janeiro. Rio was made sole capital of Portuguese Brazil in 1763. Painted by Nicolas-Antoine Taunay. (Museu Nacional de Belas Artes, Rio)

Taking prisoners in Napoleon's Italian Campaign, 1797, oil on canvas by Nicolas-Antoine Taunay, c. 1801-1824. Palace of Versailles.

Famous painting of a young Napoleon Bonaparte carrying the flag at the Battle of Arcole, during his Italian campaign. Oil on canvas by Antoine-Jean Gros, 1796. Palace of Versailles.

The Birth of Minerva, oil on canvas by René-Antoine Houasse, 1688. Palace of Versailles.

A painting that depicts the assassination of the French General Jean-Baptiste Kléber (1753–1800 CE) during the French campaign in Egypt by Soleyman El-Halaby, an Egyptian student. It is believed that, on June 14, 1800 CE, El-Halabi approached...

A cropped image of a Black infantryman from the 1st Rhode Island Regiment during the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783); the full watercolor shows American troops at the Siege of Yorktown, 1781. By Jean Baptiste Antoine de Verger, 1781...