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Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries
"The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries", painted by Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825 CE) in 1812 CE. This portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte (1769–1821) wearing his white and dark blue military dress uniform, one hand casually tucked...
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Napoleon Crossing the Alps, Belvedere Version
A version of Napoleon Crossing the Alps, oil on canvas by Jacques-Louis David, c. 1801.
Belvedere Museum, Vienna.
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The Intervention of the Sabine Women
Painting by Jacques-Louis David (1748–1825), oil on canvas, 1799. On display at the Louvre Museum, Paris, France. The Abduction (or Rape) of the Sabine Women is an episode in the legendary history of Rome, traditionally said to have taken...
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Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, 1789
A representation of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, oil on canvas by Jean-Jacques-François Le Barbier, c. 1789.
Musée Carnavalet, Paris.
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The Coronation of Napoleon I
The coronation of Emperor Napoleon I and Empress Joséphine in the Notre-Dame de Paris, 2 December 1804. Oil on canvas by Jacques-Louis David, c. 1805-1807.
Louvre Museum.
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The Flight of the Prisoners
A painting portraying the flight of Judeans from the ancient Kingdom of Judah. Judeans became captives in Babylon, the capital city of the Neo-Babylonian Empire. Gouache on board. Created by James Jacques Joseph Tissot between 1896-1902...
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Joan of Arc in Orleans
A 19th century CE painting by Jean-Jacques Scherrer showing Joan of Arc (1412-1431 CE), victorious after lifting the siege of Orleans during the Hundred Years' War (1337-1453 CE). (Museum of Fine Arts, Orleans, France)
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Hauer's Portrait of Charlotte Corday
The famous final portrait of Charlotte Corday, painted in her prison cell hours before her execution by Jean-Jacques Hauer, an officer of the National Guard, in 1793.
Current location unknown, but a copy is in Versailles.
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Portrait of Montesquieu
An oil-on-canvas portrait of the French philosopher, Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu (1689-1755). It is estimated to have been made around the late-18th century by Jacques-Antoine Dassier. (Museum of the History...
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Helen Recognising Telemachus, Son of Odysseus
Helen Recognising Telemachus, Son of Odysseus, oil on panel by Jean-Jacques Lagrenée, 1795. In a scene from Book 4 of Homer's Odyssey, Helen recognizes Telemachus when he visits Sparta due to his striking resemblance to his father, Odysseus...