History Painting at the Palace of Versailles
The Palace of Versailles holds 115 History Painting works in this public-domain catalogue, dating from 1460 to 1911. The collection is led by Baron Lejeune Louis-François, Georges Rouget and Horace Vernet.
The Distribution of the Eagle Standards
Opening session of the General Assembly, 5 May 1789
The seizure of Abd-el-Kader's camp in 1843
Wedding of Prince Jérôme Bonaparte and Princess Frédérique-Catherine of Wurtemberg, August 22, 1807
Garden of love at the court of Philippe the Good, Duke of Burgundy
Napoleon I receiving Baron Vincent, the Austrian Ambassador, at Erfurt, 1808
The Battle of Smolensk, 17th August 1812
Napoleon I decorated a soldier of the Russian army in Tilsitt with the cross of the Legion of Honor
Héroïsme des marins du vaisseau Le Vengeur commandés par le capitaine Renaudin
Louis-Philippe visiting the Luxembourg Museum
Louis XVI receives homage from the Knights of the Holy Spirit in Reims, June 13, 1775
Battle of Isly, August 14, 1844
Napoléon signs his abdication at Fontainebleau 11 April 1814
Bataille d'Aboukir, 25 Juillet 1799
The battle of Jena, October 14, 1806
Surrender of Tortosa, January 2, 1811
Barricade, the Paris Commune, May 1871
Bivouac on the Eve of the Battle of Austerlitz
Battle of Somosierra, November 30, 1808
Battle of Hoff, February 6, 1807
Louis XVIII in his study at the Tuileries
Napoleon I presents the King of Rome to the dignitaries of the Empire, March 20, 1811
Inès de Castro and Her Children Throwing Themselves at the Feet of King Alphonso IV of Portugal
Alexander I presents to Napoleon I the Kalmyks, Cossacks and Baskirs of the Russian army, July 9, 1807
Entry of the French army in Munich
Mademoiselle de Saint-Simon asking for her father's pardon, December 1808
Defense of Mazagran, February 2 to 6, 1840
Treaty of Loeben, April 17, 1797
Marie-Louise of Austria Bidding Farewell to her Family in Vienna
Entry of Napoleon I into Berlin, 27th October 1806
Mehemet Effendi, ambassadeur turc arrive aux Tuileries, 21 mars 1721
Death of General Valhubert, December 2, 1805
Napoleon accepts the surrender of Madrid, 4 December 1808
Battle of Castalla, July 21, 1812
Valentine de Milan implore la justice du roi Charles VI pour l'assassinat du duc d'Orléans by Alexandre Colin
The Senate-Conservative receives the flags taken during the Austrian campaign, January 1, 1806
The Tennis Court Oath, 20 June 1879
Surrender of Mantua, February 2, 1797
Battle of Fontenoy, 11th May 1745
Philippe Auguste prend l'oriflamme à Saint-Denis, 24 juin 1190
Battle of Agnadel, 14th May 1509
Louis XVI giving his instructions to Lapérouse on 29 June 1785
Napoleon I visiting the infirmary at Les Invalides, February 11, 1808
John II receives the submission of Charles II of Navarre
Napoleon's Return to the Island of Lobau After the Battle of Essling
Reparations made to Louis XIV by the Doge of Genoa on 15 May 1685
Meeting between General Maison and Ibrahim Pasha in Navarino, September 1828
Entry into Arras of Louis XIV and Marie-Thérèse
Louis-Philippe and his family in the harbour of Cherbourg, September 3, 1833
Farewell of Napoleon I and Alexander after the peace of Tilsitt, July 9, 1807
The emissaries of the peace congress of Baden on september 7th, 1714
Marshal Ney hands over their flags to the soldiers of the 76th Line Regiment, November 7, 1805
Mort de Saint Louis devant Tunis, 25 août 1270
Saint Louis rendant la justice sous le chêne de Vincennes, 1260
Capture of Fort San Juan de Ulúa, 27 November 1838
Battle of Villaviciosa, December 10, 1710
Mise of Amiens, 1264
The Death of the Duke of Berry
The Siege of Thionville, 23 June 1558
The Duke of Angoulême in the Battle of Trocadero
Siege of Namur, 30th June 1692
Henri IV devant Paris assiégé, août 1590
The Battle of Lauffeldt
Naval Battle of Imbre in 1346
Return of Napoleon from Elba
Entry of King Charles X in Colmar on 10 September 1828
The Battle of the Pyramids
Battle of Ascalon
Robert de Bracquemont dit Robinet (connu en 1417), amiral
Napoleon bids farewell to his Guard at Fontainebleau on 20 April 1814
Louis IV, King of France
The National Guard of Paris Departs for the Army
Saint Louis recoit à Ptolemais les envoyes du Vieux de la Montagne, 1251
Conquest of Tripoli
Capitulation of Ascalon on 19 August 1153
Battle of Chiclana, 5th March 1811
Andrieux faisant une lecture dans le foyer de la Comédie Française
Bataille du Mont Thabor, 16 avril 1799
Pierre d'Aubusson (1423-1503)
Knights of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem Restoring Religion in Armenia in 1347
Marriage of Napoleon I and Marie Louise, 2 April 1810
Naval battle of Gondelour, june 20, 1783
the Battle of Lodi, 10th May 1796, detail of Napoleon (1769-1821) and his staff, by Louis Lejeune
Glory of the Princes takes the Princes and Princesses of the Realm
Battle outside the walls of Antioch (23 june 1098) between the crusaders, commanded by Bohemnon, and the army of Kerbogha.
Battle of Moscow, 7th September 1812
Battle of Aboukir
George Washington at the Battle of Princeton
Bivouac après le combat du Bourget, 21 décembre 1870
The Battle of Mount Tabor
Siege of the Citadel of Antwerp, December 22nd 1832
Napoléon harangue les troupes bavaroises et wurtembourgeoises à Abensberg, 20 avril 1809
Naval Battle for the Islands of Loz, 7 February 1813.
Last moments of Marshal Lannes at the Battle of Essling, 22 May 1809
Fight of the British Third Rate 74-gun ship-of-the-line HMS Tremendous and HMS ''Hindostan against the French frigate Cannonière, 21 April 1806.
Le duc d'Orléans reçoit à la barrière du Trône le 1er régiment de hussards commandé par le duc de Chartres, 4 août 1830
Empfang der französischen Gesandten (1699)
The Battle of Marengo
Combat du vaisseau francais le Romulus contre trois vaisseaux anglais à l'entrée de la rade de Toulon. 13 février 1814
Bombardement de Vienne, 11 mai 1809
Bataille de Lutzelberg, 10 octobre 1758
The Wedding Banquet of Napoleon and Marie Louise
Louis the Stammerer
Baudouin couronné empereur de Constantinople, 16 mai 1204
Archduke Ferdinand of Austria-Este (1754-1806)
The Arrival of Queen Victoria at the Château d'Eu
Charles the Fat
Napoleon Receiving the Queen of Prussia at Tilsit
Bataille des Pyramides, 21 juillet 1798
View of the siege of Lille, from the side of the Prory of Fives, August 1667
Interview Between Napoleon and Francis II after the Battle of Austerlitz
Passage du Rhin par l'armée française à Dusseldorf, 6 septembre 1795
Louis Philippe Declining the Crown of Belgium Offered to His Son
Combat de Saalfeld, 10 octobre 1806
Battle of Ascalon, 18 November 1177