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Mughal Emperor Humayun (r. 1530-1540/1555-1556), son of Emperor Babur, father of Emperor Akbar, miniature painting, opaque watercolor and gold on ivory, India, Delhi, c. 1875. Los Angeles County Museum of Art

"The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries", painted by Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825 CE) in 1812 CE. This portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte (1769–1821) wearing his white and dark blue military dress uniform, one hand casually tucked...

Portrait of Emperor Leopold I as a young man, wearing the Order of the Golden Fleece, oil on canvas by Benjamin Block, 1631-1689. Private collection. This portrait of the young monarch is rare as it depicts Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor...

A 13th century CE illustration showing Byzantine emperor Michael III (r. 842-867 CE) crowning his great friend and political ally Basil the Macedonian co-emperor. The latter would take the crown himself in 867 CE as Basil I. (Madrid Sklitzes...

An 1867-8 oil on canvas painting, The Execution of Emperor Maximilian, by Edouard Manet (1832-83), the French modernist painter. Maximilian was a puppet emperor in Mexico who was executed following the withdrawal of French support. A controversial...

Hadrian, like most Roman emperors, used statues to diffuse his image across the Roman World. Statues often showed the emperor as a general or priest. This bust shows Hadrian naked. This nakedness, originally a Greek style, showed that the...

The Hongwu Emperor, the first emperor of the Ming Dynasty (1368 to 1644 CE) who reigned from 1368 to 1398 CE. 14th century CE painted silk hanging.

The recreated face of the Roman emperor Gallienus (r. 253-268 CE), the son of emperor Valerian (253-260 CE).

This is a marble bust of the Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius (reigned 138-161 CE). The Emperor wears military dress. This image of Antoninus Pius was created in the early years of his reign. The bust may be a replica made in the 160s CE. Roman...

One of the most famous of all Chinese landscape paintings, 'The Emperor Ming Huang Travelling in Shu'. Painted silk, a later copy of a Tang dynasty original of the 8th century CE. (Palace Museum, Taipei)