France
Goya’s Third of May 1808 and his series of prints titled The Disasters of War document the Peninsular War waged by this leader against Spain and Portugal.
NAPOLEON
The funeral banner of Lady Dai is from this dynasty of the 2nd century BC, the second dynasty to rule China.
HAN
He’s the patron of the Taj Mahal, which he constructed as a tomb for his wife, Mumtaz Mahal.
SHAH JAHAN
He’s the pharaoh who commissioned the Great Pyramid at Giza.
CHEOPS/KHUFU
This king of England is depicted in “Jahangir Preferring a Sufi Shayk to Kings”
JAMES I
This dynasty was founded by Clovis and produced cloissonne and fibulae.
MEROVINGIANS
The Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution occurred under the leadership of this head of the Chinese Community Party.
CHAIRMAN MAO ZEDONG
The lotus plant and the lion decorate the pillars set up by this first Buddhist emperor of India, the third emperor of the Maurya dynasty.
ASHOKA
The architect Senenmut built a complex at Deir el-Bahri near the entrance of the Valley of the Kings, with a focal point at the Djeser-Djeseru or “Holy of Holies”, built into a cliff face.
HATSHEPSUT
Anthony Van Dyck painted this English king on horseback and in a triple portrait.
CHARLES I
The French Revolution is usually dated from this vow taken by the Estates General after they had been forcibly removed from their usual meeting place to a sporting venue.
The OATH OF THE TENNIS COURT
Fan Kuan’s Travelers Among Mountains and Streams and the Master of the Fishing Nets Garden by Shi Zhengzhi were made during this dynasty.
SONG
The Udaigiri Vishnu as Varaha dates from this dynasty.
GUPTA
Her name means “the beautiful woman has arrived” and she had six daughters, one of whom is shown on her lap in a relief sculpture.
NEFERTITI
The most famous portrait of this king is by Hans Holbein the Younger.
HENRY VIII
His queen was Marie Leszenska, but he was most devoted to his chief mistress, Madame de Pompadour.
LOUIS XV
The David Vases and literati paintings like Huang Gongwang’s Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains and Zhao Mengfu’s Autumn Colors on the Que and Hua Mountains were made during this dynasty when Mongolians ruled China.
YUAN
A two-page illustration shows this Mughal emperor mounted on an elephant named Hawa’i. He doesn’t seem to be concerned about whether it’s a trap.
AKBAR
He removed the name of Aten from his name and replaced it with another god, reversing the reforms of his father and ending the Amarna period. He’s most famous for his gold funeral mask.
TUTANKAMUN
She was the mistress of Horatio Nelson and the muse of George Romney.
EMMA HAMILTON
“Liberty Leading the People” depicts participants in this 1830 uprising that toppled King Charles X.
THE JULY REVOLUTION
The Forbidden City was constructed and abundant porcelain wares using cobalt blue were produced during this dynasty that followed the Yuan.
MING
She gained the title “Empress of India” in 1876.
QUEEN VICTORIA
He was the Scribe of Divine Offerings and the Overseer of Royal Sheep for Pharaoh Seti I, until he died and his heart got weighed before the lion-crocodile-hippopotamus demon Ammut.
HU-NEFER
The Battle of Montreal or the Plains of Abraham saw the death of this British general in the French and Indian War, painted by Benjamin West.
GENERAL WOLF