Imperial Courts
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The Ambassadors
Painting (oil on oak) · Hans Holbein the Younger
Painted in 1533, Holbein's The Ambassadors depicts the French ambassador Jean de Dinteville and the bishop-diplomat Georges de Selve standing on either side of a two-tiered table loaded with the instr
Tristithea·5/28/2026
The Coronation of Napoleon
Painting (oil on canvas) · Jacques-Louis David
The painting is six metres by ten. It took David three years to finish. It is the most consequential single piece of imperial propaganda produced by any European regime between Napoleon and the First
great0506·5/16/2026
