King of Prussia until his death in 1786. His significant accomplishments include the First Partition of Poland, and his patronage of the arts and the Enlightenment.

a French composer, best known for his oratorios and operas.

an Italian, early-Baroque painter, etcher, and printmaker born in Bologna. His works are characterized by a strong mood invoked by broad gestures and flickering light.

a German composer, pianist, and influential music critic. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest composers of the Romantic era

a Florentine artist who is regarded as the first great Italian painter of the Quattrocento period of the Italian Renaissance

a French painter and founder of impressionist painting who is seen as a key precursor to modernism, especially in his attempts to paint nature as he perceived it