Images

An oil-on-canvas portrait of Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) painted by Eduard Magnus in 1833. (Berlin State Library)

Cadmus Asks the Delphic Oracle Where He Can Find his Sister, Europa, engraving by Hendrik Goltzius, published in 1615. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California.

Cadmus Slays the Dragon, oil on canvas by Hendrick Goltzius, between 1573 and 1617. Koldinghus, Kolding, Denmark.

Oil painting of Saint Catherine by Fernando Yáñez de la Almedina, circa 1510.

Hoping to provoke war with France, Prussian officers of the elite Life Guards Regiment sharpen their swords on the steps of the French embassy in Berlin in the summer...

During the Battle of Jena-Auerstedt (14 October 1806), Napoleon reprimands a grenadier of his Imperial Guard who shouted for an attack. Oil on canvas painting by Horace Vernet, 1836. Palace of Versailles.

Louis-Nicolas Davout (1770-1823), Duke of Auerstedt and a marshal of the French Empire during the Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815). Nicknamed the "Iron Marshal" for the strict discipline he imposed on his Corps, Davout never lost...

A French dragoon rides off with a captured Prussian flag at the Battle of Jena-Auerstedt (14 October 1806) during the War of the Fourth Coalition. Painting by Édouard Detaille, 1898. Musée...

French soldiers present captured Prussian flags to Emperor Napoleon I after the Battle of Jena-Auerstedt (14 October 1806). Painting by Édouard Detaille, late 19th century.

The death of Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia (1772-1806) in the Battle of Saalfeld (10 October 1806) during the War of the Fourth Coalition. Painting by Peter Edward Stroehling, c. 1806-1816. Royal Collection...