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La barriere de Clichy -The defence of Paris at the Porte de Clichy against the allied armies of Britain, Russia, Prussia and Austria,1814. In the center: Fieldmarshal Moncey, Inspector General of the gendarmerie. Oil on canvas (1820) - 95.5 x 130.5 cm RF 126
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La barriere de Clichy -The defence of Paris at the Porte de Clichy against the a...

Emperor Franz I and his Chancellor Prince Clemens Metternich, crossing the Vosges on their way to Paris, July 2, 1815, after the defeat of Napoleon I. The Emperor and the Chancellor are shown in the midst of Allied Russian troops. Oil on canvas
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Emperor Franz I and his Chancellor Prince Clemens Metternich, crossing th...

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...

Street battle in front of Paris City Hall, 1830. "Les Trois Glorieuses" (the three glorious days, July 27, 28, 29) ended the brief Bourbon Restoration and established King Louis-Philippe's "July-Monarchy." Oil on canvas, 48,5 x 50 cm
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Street battle in front of Paris City Hall, 1830. "Les Trois Glorieuses" (the thr...

Capitulation of Abd-el-Kader (1808-1883) Abd-el-Kader, Sultan of Algeria since 1832, fought a "Holy War" against France. On December 23, 1847, he surrendered to General Lamoriciere. Oil on canvas
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Capitulation of Abd-el-Kader (1808-1883) Abd-el-Kader, Sultan of...

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...

Revolution of 1848: the revolutionaries try to storm the Palais Royal; because of the fierce resistance of the garrison, they set fire to the palace water tower. Many defenders die asphyxiated; the others surrender. Canvas, 59,5 x 73 cm
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Revolution of 1848: the revolutionaries try to storm the Palais Royal; because...

Revolution of 1848: The poet Alphonse de Lamartine rejects the red flag of the extreme left; the blue- white-red Tricolore becomes the national flag of the Second Republic. Oil, 298 x 580 cm
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Revolution of 1848: The poet Alphonse de Lamartine rejects the red flag of...

Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, prince president and later Emperor III, presents the Legion d'honneur to a worker in St.Quentin-sur-l'Aisne, on 9.6.1850; 1851 Oil on canvas.
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Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, prince president and later Emperor III, presents th...

Louis Napoleon Bonaparte (later Emperor Napoleon III) comes to the aid of flood victims in Beauvais; 1850 Oil on canvas
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Louis Napoleon Bonaparte (later Emperor Napoleon III) comes to the aid of floo...

Napoleon III at the battle of Solferino (24.6.1859), in which French and Piemontese troops beat the Austrian Armies; Italian Campaign, 1859 Oil on canvas.
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Napoleon III at the battle of Solferino (24.6.1859), in which French and Piem...