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Emperor Napoleon I Bonaparte visiting the plague- stricken in Jaffa, followed by his generals Berthier and Bessieres. Detail. Oil on canvas (1804). 532 x 715 cm Inv. 5064
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Emperor Napoleon I Bonaparte visiting the plague- stricken in Jaffa, follo...

The Empress Marie-Louise, in a state robe embroidered with Imperial bees, around 1810. Oil on canvas, 241 x 160 cm Inv. 8682
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The Empress Marie-Louise, in a state robe embroidered with Imperial bees, around...

Battle of Aboukir, July 25, 1799, Napoleon on horseback; 1808 Oil on canvas; 185 x 255 cm HV 6856
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Battle of Aboukir, July 25, 1799, Napoleon on horseback; 1808...

Napoleons camp on the eve of the battle of Austerlitz, December 1,1805. Victory over the allied Austrians and Russians. Because of the presence of Emperor Franz, Tsar Alexander and Napoleon, Austerlitz is called the "Battle of the Three Emperors".
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Napoleons camp on the eve of the battle of Austerlitz, December 1,1805. Victory...

Napoleons camp on the eve of the battle of Austerlitz, December 1, 1805, when he defeated the allied Austrians and Russians. Detail: Napoleon listens to petitioners. Oil on canvas, 180 x 220 cm
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Napoleons camp on the eve of the battle of Austerlitz, December 1, 1805, when h...

Duke Friedrich Wilhelm of Braunschweig, "The Black Duke", is fatally wounded by a gunshot during the battle of Quatre-Bras, Belgium on June 16,1815. Lithograph painted over with oil paint; after Dietrich Monten. Inv.VMB 29
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Duke Friedrich Wilhelm of Braunschweig, "The Black Duke", is fatally wounded by...

Jean Rapp, General, Napoleon's Aide-de-camp during the battle of Marengo, defender of Strasbourg during the "Hundred Days", Napoleon's brief return to the continent from his exile on the island of Elba, 1814. Oil on canvas
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Jean Rapp, General, Napoleon's Aide-de-camp during the battle of Marengo, d...

Michel Ney, Marechal de France, Prince of the Moskova, during the Russian campaign in 1812 at the redoubt of Kovno. Oil on wood, 34 x 42.5 cm RF 2823
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Michel Ney, Marechal de France, Prince of the Moskova, during the Russian campa...

Gebhard Leberecht Bluecher, Prussian Fieldmarshal. British Fieldmarshal Wellington and Prussian Fieldmarshal Bluecher together won the battle of Waterloo on June 18, 1815. Oil on canvas
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Gebhard Leberecht Bluecher, Prussian Fieldmarshal. British Fieldmarshal Wel...

Portrait of Germaine Necker, Mme. de Stael, 1766-1817. Only child of Jacques Necker, last Minister of Finance before the Revolution, she became a literary light and leader of the Romantic movement. Oil on canvas
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Portrait of Germaine Necker, Mme. de Stael, 1766-1817. Only child of Jacques Ne...

Portrait of Germaine Necker, Mme. de Stael, as "Corinne", heroine of one of her novels. Child of Jaques Necker, pre-Revolution Minister of Finance, she became a literary light and leader of the Romantic movement. Painted in Coppet, 1807. Oil on wood.
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Portrait of Germaine Necker, Mme. de Stael, as "Corinne", heroine of on...

Portrait of the poet Victor Hugo, adamant critic and opponent of Emperor Napoleon III, whom he dubbed "Napoleon le Petit". Oil on canvas
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Portrait of the poet Victor Hugo, adamant critic and opponent of Emperor Napo...