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Napoleon greets soldiers of the 7th Regiment at Grenoble, after his return to France at the beginning of the Hundred Days period (1815). Oil on canvas by Charles de Steuben, 1818. Private collection.

Emperor Napoleon I in his coronation robes. Painting by François Gérard, 1805. Musée national du Château de Fontainebleau.

Napoleon enters Berlin after defeating the Prussian army at the Battle of Jena-Auerstedt, oil on canvas painting by Charles Meynier, 1810. Palace of Versailles.

French Emperor Napoleon I (r. 1804-1814; 1815) and his staff during the French campaigns of the War of the Sixth Coalition. Within months, the Napoleonic Empire would be toppled. Oil on canvas by Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier, 1864. Musée...

A painting (dated 1898) of a fictionalised event in which Napoleon (1769-1821) looks upon Charlemagne's imperial crown in Aachen, Germany, to symbolise the continuity between one European conqueror and another. Current location unknown.

Emperor Napoleon I orders the II Corps of the Grande Armée into action at Augsburg on 12 October 1805, during the Ulm Campaign. Painting by Pierre-Claude Gautherot, 1808.

Napoleon prepares to escape from his exile on the island of Elba, 26 February 1815. Oil on canvas by Joseph Beaume, 1836. Musée Naval et Napoléonien, Cap d'Antibes.

Emperors Napoleon I of France and Francis II of Austria meet after the Battle of Austerlitz (2 December 1805) to discuss terms of peace. Oil on canvas painting by Antoine-Jean Gros, 1812. Palace of Versailles.

Napoleon crossing the bridge to Lobau Island during the War of the Fifth Coalition, 1809, oil paint on wood, by Richard Caton Woodville, Jr, 1912. Tate, London.

Emperor Napoleon I salutes wounded Austrian soldiers after the surrender of the Austrian army in the Ulm Campaign, 20 October 1805. Painting by Jean-Baptiste Debret, 19th century.