Emperor Collection (#10)

Portrait of Maria Theresia, 1741-1757. Creator: Paul Friedrich Engelbrecht
Portrait of Maria Theresia, 1741-1757. Rruler of the Habsburg dominions; sovereign of Austria, Hungary, Croatia, Bohemia, Transylvania, Mantua, Milan, Galicia and Lodomeria, the Austrian Netherlands

La capitulation Bulgare; Le prince Boris, en faveur de qui son pere, le tsar Ferdinand... 1918. Creator: Unknown
La capitulation Bulgare; Le prince Boris, en faveur de qui son pere, le tsar Ferdinand, abdiqua, 1918. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1924]

Portrait of Emperor Frans I of Austria and the Duke of Reichstadt, c1830-1900. Creator: Schijtra
Portrait of Emperor Frans I of Austria and the Duke of Reichstadt, c1830-1900. Two uniformed men, holding hands. Le Duc de Reichstadt Avec Son Grand-Pere L'Empereur...'

Portrait of Emperor Napoleon I, c.1805-c.1815. Creator: Workshop of François Gérard
Portrait of Emperor Napoleon I, c.1805-c.1815. Other Title(s): Emperor Napoleon I in Coronation Robes, 2 December 1804

The Generals Napoleon and Berthier, 1801. Creator: Juriaan Andriessen
The Generals Napoleon and Berthier, 1801

Portrait of Alexander I, Emperor of Russia, 1820-before 1837. Creator: Carl Gustaf Hjalmar Mörner
Portrait of Alexander I, Emperor of Russia, 1820-before 1837

View of a room in the Romer in Frankfurt am Main with a meal for the emperor... Creator: Anon
View of a room in the Romer in Frankfurt am Main with a meal for the emperor and Electors on June 22 and August 1, 1758, 1758-1799

"The Emperor Alexander II. And his Sister Marie-Nicolaewna, in their Childhood" - from a print publi Creators
"The Emperor Alexander II. And his Sister Marie-Nicolaewna, in their Childhood" - from a print published at St. Petersburg, 1856

Emperor Heraclius Carrying the Cross to Jerusalem, c16th century. Creator: Unknown
Emperor Heraclius Carrying the Cross to Jerusalem, c16th century

Distribution of the Queen's Medals to the French Crimean Troops, by H.R.H. the Duke of Cambridge, 1856. The following address was delivered by his Royal Highness to the French army

Distribution of the Queen's Medals to the French Crimean Troops, by H.R.H. the Duke of Cambridge, at Paris, 1856. The review by the Emperor of the different corps of the Imperial Guard

The Emperor Meeting the Crimean Troops on the Place de la Bastille, Paris, 1856. Creator: Unknown
The Emperor Meeting the Crimean Troops on the Place de la Bastille, Paris, 1856....a triumphal arch was erected near the Porte St. Martin Theatre

"The Jordan" Epiphany Custom at St. Petersburg, 1856. Creator: Henry Duff Linton
"The Jordan" Epiphany Custom at St. Petersburg, 1856. Ceremony...in commemoration of the baptism of Christ, on the 6th of January, on the ice of the Neva

L'Empereur Nicolas II commandant supreme des armees russes de terre et de mer... 1916 (1924) Creator: Unknown
L'Empereur Nicolas II commandant supreme des armees russes de terre et de mer et son fils Le Grand-Duc Alexis chef honoraire du corps des cadets de la marine, 1916

Les derniers jours des Romanof; Le empereur, 1916. Creator: Unknown
Les derniers jours des Romanof; Le empereur, 1916. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1924]

Les Romanof a Tobolsk; Le tsar et ses enfants venus chercher sur la toiture d'une serre... 1917. Creator: Unknown
Les Romanof a Tobolsk; Le tsar et ses enfants venus chercher sur la toiture d'une serre un rayon de soleil siberien. De gauche a droite, les grandes-duchesses Olga et Anastasie, le tsar

Les Romanof a Tsarskoie-Selo; L'empereur au travail; derriere lui, l'officier de garde... 1917
Les Romanof a Tsarskoie-Selo; L'empereur au travail; derriere lui, l'officier de garde; A droite, le matelot Nagorny attache au grand-duc Alexis, 1917

Les Romanof a Tsarskoie-Selo; Au mois de mai 1917, le deuxieme de son internement... 1917. Creator: Unknown
Les Romanof a Tsarskoie-Selo; Au mois de mai 1917, le deuxieme de son internement, Nicolas II, pour occuper son oisivete douloureuse

En Exil; L'ex-kronprinz en promenade dans l'ile de Wieringen, avec la bande d'enfants... 1918
En Exil; L'ex-kronprinz en promenade dans l'ile de Wieringen, avec la bande d'enfants qui lui fait habituellement escorte; a sa gauche

En Exil; La maisondu kronprinz a Oosterland, moins somptueuse que le chateau d'Amerongen, 1918. Creator: Unknown
En Exil; La maisondu kronprinz a Oosterland, moins somptueuse que le chateau d'Amerongen, 1918. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1924]

En Exil; Le kronprinz a Oosterland; chausse de sabots, en gilet de chasse, c'est en cette tenue qu Creator: Unknown
En Exil; Le kronprinz a Oosterland; chausse de sabots, en gilet de chasse, c'est en cette tenue qu'il amuse avec son chein ou joue aux billes avec les galopins du bourg, 1918

En Exil; L'ex-kronprinz sur le bateau le conduisant a l'ile de Wieringen. L'ancien... 1918
En Exil; L'ex-kronprinz sur le bateau le conduisant a l'ile de Wieringen. L'ancien heritier d'Allemagne avait d'abord cherche un refuge dans le Limbourg, a swalmen

Dechu; A la grille du parc d'Amerongen; releve de la police montee hollandaise... 1918. Creator: Unknown
Dechu; A la grille du parc d'Amerongen; releve de la police montee hollandaise exercant la garde du chateau, 1918. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919

Dechu; Coiffe d'un chapeau tyrolien, une pelerine sur les epaules, l'ex-kaiser, accompagne...1918
Dechu; Coiffe d'un chapeau tyrolien, une pelerine sur les epaules, l'ex-kaiser, accompagne par un des officiers qui l'ont suivi, le capitaine von Ilsermann

Chronicon Abbatis Urspergen, 1515. Creators: Daniel Hopfer, Burchard of Ursperg
Chronicon Abbatis Urspergen, 1515

Emperor Ferdinand I, 1531. Creator: Barthel Beham
Emperor Ferdinand I, 1531

Ferdinand III, 1608-57, Holy Roman Emperor, c17th century. Creator: Anon
Ferdinand III, 1608-57, Holy Roman Emperor, c17th century

Ferdinand III, 1638. Creator: Anon
Ferdinand III, 1638

Ferdinand II, 1578-1637, Holy Roman Emperor King of Bohemia and Hungary, c17th century. Creator: Anon
Ferdinand II, 1578-1637, Holy Roman Emperor King of Bohemia and Hungary, c17th century

Napoleon with his Staff, 1840-1850. Creator: Charles Rochussen
Napoleon with his Staff, 1840-1850

Vase with flowers, and a medallion, c.1692-c.1749. Creator: Jan van Huysum
Vase with flowers, and a medallion, c.1692-c.1749

Alexei Mikhailovich, Tsar of Russia, c17th century. Creator: Anon
Alexei Mikhailovich, Tsar of Russia, c17th century

Cartoon on the retreat of Napoleon from Russia, 1812-1814. Creator: Jacob Smies
Cartoon on the retreat of Napoleon from Russia, 1812-1814. On the right is Napoleon with a stocking on his head and followed by creepy-crawlies

Cartoon on the Tiercering of 1810, 1810-1812. Creator: Jacob Smies
Cartoon on the Tiercering of 1810, 1810-1812. Two men in wigs throw bags of money into a well marked La France, flanked by soldiers and a hussaar on a rocking horse

Burrhus, Nero's Tutor, Prostrating Himself before his Sovereign Lord, 1816. Creator: Otto Wallgren
Burrhus, Nero's Tutor, Prostrating Himself before his Sovereign Lord, 1816

The Roman general Drusus and the Germanic Wichelaar, 1890. Creator: Charles Rochussen
The Roman general Drusus and the Germanic Wichelaar, 1890

Eponina asks Vespasian for mercy for Sabinus, 1726-1783. Creator: Blaise Nicolas Lesueur
Eponina asks Vespasian for mercy for Sabinus, 1726-1783. The request is refused

Portrait of Christine of Poland, 1761-1860. Creator: Unknown
Portrait of Christine of Poland, 1761-1860. Possibly a portrait of Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel

A Procession, c. 1610. Creator: Ambroise Dubois
A Procession, c. 1610

Cartoon of Napoleon: Klaas Bonaparte in his study on the island of Elba, 1814, 1814. Creator: Wijnand Esser
Cartoon of Napoleon: Klaas Bonaparte in his study on the island of Elba, 1814, 1814

The Return to France, 1841. Creator: François-Joseph-Aimé de Lemud
The Return to France, 1841

La destitution du negus d'Abyssinie; Lidje Yassou, le negus dechu, 1916. Creator: MH Fay
La destitution du negus d'Abyssinie; Lidje Yassou, le negus dechu, 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVIII

Le nouvel Empereur. Dernier portrait de l'archiduc Charles-Francois-Joseph...1914, 1916. Creator: Unknown
Le nouvel Empereur. Dernier portrait de l'archiduc Charles-Francois-Joseph recu de Vienne en juillet 1914, 1914. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVIII

Francois-Joseph a la veille de la guerre. Photographie publiee en 1re page de... 1914 (1916). Creator: Unknown
Francois-Joseph a la veille de la guerre. Photographie publiee en 1re page de L'Illustration du 9 mai 1914, 1914. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVIII

Allegory on the Abdication of Emperor Charles v in Brussels, c.1635-c.1640. Creator: Frans Francken II
Allegory on the Abdication of Emperor Charles v in Brussels, c.1635-c.1640. Other Title(s): Allegory of the Abdication of Emperor Charles V

The Battle of Waterloo, 1824. Creator: Jan Willem Pieneman
The Battle of Waterloo, 1824. Emperor Napoleon met his final defeat at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. This painting - the largest at the Rijksmuseum - shows the moment when the tide turned

Portrait of Maximilian I (1459-1519), c.1530. Creator: Workshop of Joos van Cleve
Portrait of Maximilian I (1459-1519), c.1530. Other Title(s): Maximilian I (1459-1519), Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire

Defeat of Wittekind near Bürberg, 1835. Creator: Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld
Defeat of Wittekind near Burberg, 1835

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"Emperor: A Tale of Power, Legacy, and Influence" In the annals of history, few titles hold as much weight and fascination as that of an emperor. From Haile Selassie's coronation in 1930 to the majestic bust of Marcus Aurelius from ancient Rome, these figures have left an indelible mark on our collective consciousness. Haile Selassie's ascension to power in 1930 marked a significant moment for Ethiopia. His reign brought modernization and progress to a nation steeped in tradition. As we gaze upon his statue, we are reminded of his enduring legacy as a visionary leader. The young Napoleon Bonaparte studying intently captures the ambition and brilliance that would propel him to become one of history's most iconic emperors. Hegel recognized this potential when he famously remarked, "I saw the world spirit riding on horseback. " Indeed, Napoleon would reshape Europe forever. Yet emperors also face their share of challenges. Haile Selassie's exile during Italy's invasion in 1936 serves as a stark reminder that even those with immense power can be vulnerable. Similarly, Napoleon faced defeat at Waterloo in 1815—a humbling end to his imperial ambitions. The statues depicting Augustus Prima Porta and Marcus Aurelius stand tall as symbols of Roman might and grandeur. These rulers shaped an empire that spanned continents and left an indelible mark on Western civilization. Even beyond their own realms, emperors influenced global affairs. The satirical cartoon featuring Napoleon carving up the world alongside British Prime Minister William Pitt reminds us how these leaders' actions reverberated far beyond their borders. German Kaiser Wilhelm II adds another layer to this complex narrative. His signature represents both power and turmoil—his rule coincided with World War I and its aftermath—an era defined by shifting alliances and geopolitical tensions.