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A 1924 photograph of General Erich von Ludendorff (1865-1937), Commander-in-Chief of the German Army during the First World War (1914-18). US National Archives

Portrait of Count Leopold Joseph von Daun, one of the Austrian generals in the Seven Years' War, oil on canvas attributed to Martin van Meytens, c. 18th century.

Cooper engraving presenting a reformer and theologian Andreas Bodenstein von Karlstadt (l. 1486-1541). Created around 1522.

Woodcut print of Ulrich von Hutten (l. 1488-1523) from c. 1522 depicting the poet-knight who encouraged the Knights' Revolt of 1522-1523.

Maximilian I von Habsburg Presented to Jesus, print illustration by Hans Springinklee, 1519. Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, is depicted here kneeling in the center before Jesus. He is surrounded by his...

An 1885 oil-on-carton portrait by Hermann von Kaulbach of the Austrian composer Anton Bruckner (1824-96). (Oberösterreichische Landesmuseen)

Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin (1838-1917), the founder of the Zeppelin airship company in Germany. The first Zeppelin flew in 1900. Photographic postcard, 1900. German Federal Archives.

A portrait of James II of Scotland (r. 1437-1460 CE) by Jörg von Ehingen. 1450s CE. (Württembergische Landesbibliothek, Stuttgart, Germany)

Portrait of Franz von Sickingen (l. 1481-1523), one of the leaders of the Knights' Revolt in the Germanic regions of the Holy Roman Empire and an advocate for the Protestant Reformation. Oil on panel painting by an unknown...

A c. 1818 oil on canvas portrait by Thomas Lawrence of the political philosopher Friedrich von Gentz (1764-1832). The Royal Collection