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Napoleon's Grande Armée crosses the Niemen River, commencing Napoleon's invasion of Russia (1812). Watercolor by an anonymous artist, 1810s.

Famous meeting between French Emperor Napoleon I and Austrian diplomat Prince Klemens von Metternich at Dresden on 26 June 1813, to negotiate an end to the War of the Sixth Coalition. A heated argument broke out over Metternich's demands...

Napoleon in Egypt, oil on panel by Jean-Léon Gérôme, 1863. Princeton University Art Museum, New Jersey.

Napoleon watches Moscow burn during his brief occupation of the city in 1812. By Albrecht Adam, 1841.

Napoleon and his marshals at the Battle of Borodino (7 September 1812). Seven French marshals and two future French marshals were present at the battle. Oil on canvas by Vasily Vereshchagin, 1897. State Historical Museum of Moscow.

Jean-Baptiste Jourdan (1762-1833) was a French general who held significant commands in the French Revolutionary Wars (1792-1802) and the Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815). He won a major victory for the French Republic at the Battle of Fleurus...

Bonaparte Visiting the Pesthouse in Jaffa, oil on canvas by Antoine-Jean Gros, 1804. Louvre, Paris.

The young Napoleon Bonaparte studying at the military academy at Brienne-le-Chateau, France, c. 1780. Litho by Job (pseudonym of Jacques Marie Gaston Onfroy de Breville), published in Bonaparte by Georges Montorgueil, Boivin & Cie, Paris...

A version of Napoleon Crossing the Alps, oil on canvas by Jacques-Louis David, c. 1801. Belvedere Museum, Vienna.

Napoleon after his first abdication at Fontainebleau, April 1814. Painting by Paul Delaroche, 1845. Museum der bildenden Künste, Leipzig.