Marie Antoinette 1755-93 Queen of France, 1779 - Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun
 

Child portraits of Marie-Therese-Charlotte of France 1778-1851, future Duchess of Angouleme, and Louis-Joseph-Xavier of France 1781-89 Premier Dauphin, 1784 - Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun
 

A Performance of 'The Fluteplayer' in the 'Roman' house of Prince Napoleon III, 1861 - Gustave Clarence Rodolphe Boulanger
 

Alexandre Dumas Fils (2) - Léon Bonnat
 

Portrait of Louis XIV 1638-1715 1668 - Henri Testelin
 

The Battle of Poitiers, 25th October 732, won by Charles Martel 688-741 1837 - Charles Auguste Steuben
 

Portrait of Marie-Antoinette de Habsbourg-Lorraine (1750-93) - Jean Baptiste (or Joseph) Charpentier
 

Ali Ben Ahmed, the Last Caliph of Constantine, with his Entourage outside Constantine, 1845 - Theodore Chasseriau
 

Charlemagne 742-814 Received at Paderborn Under the Rule of Witikind in 785 - Ary Scheffer
 

Portrait of Louis XVI 1788 - Antoine-Francois Callet
 

The Orangerie at the Chateau de Versailles - Etienne Allegrain
 

Napoleon I 1769-1821 Marie Louise 1791-1847 and the King of Rome 1811-73 1812 - Alexandre Menjaud
 

The French Army Pulling Down the Rosbach Column, 18th October 1806, 1810 - Pierre-Auguste Vafflard
 

The Entry of Napoleon Bonaparte 1769-1821 and the French Army into Munich, 24th October 1805, 1808 - Nicolas Antoine Taunay
 

Louis XIV 1638-1715 as Jupiter Conquering the Fronde, 1648-67 - Charles Poerson
 

Siege of Yorktown, 17th October 1781, 1836 - Louis Charles Auguste Couder
 

Louis Visconti 1791-1853 Presenting the New Plans for the Louvre to Napoleon III 1808-73 1853 - Jean Baptiste Ange Tissier
 

View of the Chateau, Gardens and Park of Versailles from the Avenue de Paris, detail of the Chateau, 1668 - Pierre Patel
 

Marie Antoinette 1755-93 with a Rose, 1783 - Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun
 

Napoleon 1769-1821 Orders the River Danube to be Bridged at Ebersdorf in order to Reach the Island of Lobau on 19th May 1809 - Lodovico Venuti
 

Napoleon 1769-1821 Giving Orders before the Battle of Austerlitz, 2nd December 1805, 1808 - Carle Vernet
 

Alphonse de Lamartine 1790-1869 1847-48 - Ary Scheffer
 

Head of the Dead Marat 1793 - Jacques Louis David
 

Funeral of Godfrey of Bouillon (c.1060-1100) in Jerusalem, 23rd July 1100, 1838 - Edouard (Francois Berthelemy Michel) Cibot
 

Deputies swearing oaths 1791 - Jacques Louis David
 

Madame de Montespan as Diana the Huntress - Charles Beaubrun
 

Portrait of Marquis Emmanuel de Grouchy 1766-1847 Marshal of France, c.1835 - Jean Sebastien Rouillard
 

Equestrian Portrait of Louis XIV 1638-1715 Crowned by Victory 1692 - Pierre Mignard
 

Francoise Louis de la Baume le Blanc (1644-1710) Mademoiselle de la Valliere, as Diana - Joseph Werner
 

Maximilien de Robespierre 1758-94 1791 - Pierre Roch Vigneron
 

Louis de France (1661-1711) Le Grand Dauphin - Joseph Werner
 

Portrait of Charles Leconte de Lisle, 1885 - Jacques Leonard Blanquer
 

Madame Sophie de France 1734-82 as a Vestal Virgin - Jean-Marc Nattier
 

Jean-de-Dieu Soult 1769-1851 Duke of Dalmatia, 1856 - Louis Henri de Rudder
 

Opening of the Estates General at Versailles on 5th May 1789, 1839 - Louis Charles Auguste Couder
 

The French Army Crossing the Sierra de Guadarrama, Spain, December 1808, 1812 - Nicolas Antoine Taunay
 

Portrait of Dominique Francois Jean Arago 1786-1853 1842 - Ary Scheffer
 

Farewell of Napoleon I 1769-1821 and Alexander I 1777-1825 after the Peace of Tilsit, 9th July 1807 - Gioacchino Giuseppe Serangeli
 

Portrait of Francois de la Mothe Le Vayer 1588-1672 1639 - Robert Nanteuil
 

Portrait of Charles Francois Gounod 1818-1893 French composer - Ary Scheffer
 

Charles-Pierre-Francois Augereau 1757-1816 Duke of Castiglione - Claude-Noel Thevenin
 

Heroism of the Crew of Le Vengeur du Peuple at the Battle of Ouessant, 1st June 1794 - Nicolas Antoine Taunay
 

General Bonaparte Giving a Sword to the Military Chief of Alexandria July 1798 1808 - Francois Henri Mulard
 

Portrait of Gilbert Motier the Marquis de La Fayette as a Lieutenant General, 1791 - Joseph-Desire Court
 

Pope Pius VIII 1761-1830 in St. Peters on the Sedia Gestatoria, 1829 - Horace Vernet
 

Portrait of an Unknown Man - Sébastien Bourdon
 

Andre Ernest Gretry 1741-1813 1785 - Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun
 

The Garde Nationale de Paris Leaves to Join the Army in September 1792 c.1833-36 (detail-2) - Léon Cogniet
 

Portrait of Jules Dumont d'Urville (1790-1842) 1845 - Jerome Cartellier
 

Jacques Cartier 1491-1557 Discovering the St Lawrence River in 1535 - Theodore Gudin
 

Napoleon and Marie-Louise at the Launch of 'The Friedland' at Antwerp, 2nd May 1810 - Mathieu Ignace van Brée
 

Maximilien de Robespierre (2) - Joseph Boze
 

Charlemagne crossing the Alps in 773, detail of the Emperor and his retinue - Eugene Roger
 

Mehemet Ali (1769-1849) Viceroy of Egypt - Louis Charles Auguste Couder
 

Knights of the Order of St John of Jerusalem restoring religion in Armenia in 1347 - Henri Delaborde
 

The Women of the Comedie Francaise in their Costumes, 1855 - Faustin Besson
 

Napoleon I Presiding over a Regatta in Venice in 1807 - Giuseppe Borsato
 

Cardinal Richelieu (1585-1642) c.1639 - Philippe de Champaigne
 

Louis-Philippe d'Orleans (1773-1850) 1834 - Léon Cogniet
 

The Gardens of Versailles - Hubert Robert
 

The Battle of Zurich, 25th September 1799, 1837 - Francois Bouchot
 

Equestrian Portrait of Louis XIV 1638-1715 - René-Antoine Houasse
 

The French Army Entering Naples Under the Command of General Championnet 1762-1800 21st January 1799, 1799 - Jean Jacques Francois Taurel
 

The Grand Place in Lille During the Siege of 1792, 1794 - Francois Louis Joseph Watteau
 

The Battle of the Pyramids - Antoine-Jean Gros
 

Marie-Anne-Christine-Victoire de Baviere 1660-90 - Francois de Troy
 

Portrait of Louis XIV 1638-1715 aged 10, 1648 - Henri Testelin
 

General Bonaparte 1769-1821 Receiving the Sword of an Austrian Officer in 1797, 1801 - Nicolas Antoine Taunay
 

Maria Carolina Bonaparte 1782-1839 Queen of Naples with her daughter Laetitia Murat, 1807 - Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun
 

Portrait of Francoise-Marie de Bourbon 1677-1749 and Louise-Francoise de Bourbon 1673-1743 - Philippe Vignon
 

The Reception Of The Siamese Ambassadors At Fontainebleau - Jean-Léon Gérôme
 

Inauguration of a Monument in Memory of Louis XVI - Joseph Beaume
 

General Jean Andoche Junot 1771-1813 Duc dAbrantes, at the Battle of Nazareth, 8th April 1799 - Nicolas Antoine Taunay
 

Portrait of Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre (1737-1814) - Paul Carpentier
 

Abel Francois Poisson 1727-81 Marquis de Marigny, 1755 - Louis Tocque
 

Sir Thomas More 1527 - Hans, the Younger Holbein

Portrait of Ludovico Capponi 1551 - Agnolo Bronzino

Girl Interrupted at Her Music (detail) 1660-61 - Jan Vermeer Van Delft

Portrait Of Mary Edwards - William Hogarth

Self-Portrait 1658 - Rembrandt Van Rijn

Phillip IV in Army Dress (The portrait of Fraga) 1644 - Diego Rodriguez de Silva y Velazquez

Portrait of Thomas Cromwell c. 1533 - Hans, the Younger Holbein

Lady with Her Maidservant Holding a Letter - Jan Vermeer Van Delft

The Confession of Love 1771 - Jean-Honore Fragonard