At the behest of Pierre Fontaine in 1828 de Steuben painted "La Clémence de Henri IV après la Bataille d'Ivry", depicting a victorious Henry IV of France at the Battle of Ivry. De Steuben's "Bataille de Poitiers, en octobre 732", painted between 1834 and 1837, shows the triumphant Charles Martel at the Battle of Tours, also known as the Battle of Poitiers. He painted "Jeanne la folle" around the same time and he was commissioned by Louis Philippe to paint a series of portraits of past Kings of France.