Images

The Giant Enceladus, gilt-bronze statue by Gaspar Mercy. Bosquet de l'Encélade (Gardens of Versailles).

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.

The Death of Cato of Utica, oil on canvas by Jean-Paul Laurens, 1863. Musée des Augustins, Toulouse.

Cato of Utica reading the Phaedo before committing suicide, Carrara marble sculpture by Jean-Baptiste Roman and François Rude, commissioned by King Louis-Philippe in 1832, finished in 1840. Louvre, Paris.

Heroon (Hero's Grave) of Lefkandi, western rooms, from the north, photographed in 1991.

King Frederick William III of Prussia (r. 1797-1840), oil on canvas portrait by an unknown artist, between 1830-1840. Museum of Prussia, Minden, Germany.

Emperor Napoleon I of France (r. 1804-1814; 1815) meets with Tsar Alexander I of Russia (1801-1825) on a specially built raft in the middle of the Niemen River to discuss peace. It is one of the most iconic episodes of the Napoleonic Era...

A meeting of the monarchs of France, Russia, and Prussia during the signing of the Treaties of Tilsit. Depicted in the center of the painting, from left to right: French Emperor Napoleon I, Tsar Alexander I of Russia, Queen Louise of Prussia...

Hippolytus after the confession of Phaedra, oil on canvas by Étienne-Barthélémy Garnier, 1793. Musée Ingres, Montauban.

Napoleon gives instructions to one of his officers, General Nicolas Oudinot, during the Battle of Friedland (14 June 1807). The battle resulted in a decisive French victory and forced the Russians to ask for an armistice four days later...