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Mosaic portrait of Emperor Justinian I with a jeweled crown and halo, from the 6th-century Basilica of San Vitale in Ravenna, Italy.

Painting by Jacques-Louis David showing Emperor Napoleon in a military uniform standing in his study at the Tuileries, with a clock, desk, and ornate chair in the background.

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Mosaic portrait of Emperor Justinian I with a jeweled crown and halo, from the 6th-century Basilica of San Vitale in Ravenna, Italy.

Justinian I

Justinian I, detail of a 6th-century mosaic at the Church of San Vitale, Ravenna,...

© A. De Gregorio—De Agostini/Getty Images

Painting by Jacques-Louis David showing Emperor Napoleon in a military uniform standing in his study at the Tuileries, with a clock, desk, and ornate chair in the background.

Napoleon in His Study, by Jacques-Louis David

Napoleon in His Study, by Jacques-Louis David, 1812; in the National Gallery...

Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Samuel H. Kress Collection, 1961.9.15

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