In Albrecht Dürer’s idealized, early-16th-century portrait of Charlemagne, the Holy Roman Emperor wears a dazzling crown. The diadem, topped by a cross, was itself very real.

On y croise, entre autres, l’ancien Premier ministre Pierre Mendès-France, le champion cycliste Raphaël Geminiani, des rescapés de la division SS Charlemagne, des résistants, des vétérans ...

The name also conjures memories of one of the most distinctive of all papal canvases, Raphael’s 1518-20 group portrait of Pope Leo X with two of his cardinal cousins (one of them a future pope ...

PORTRAIT. Pape Léon XIV : "Modéré, calme et ouvert", fils d’immigré franco-italien, ancien missionnaire au Pérou… c’est le premier souverain pontife américain ...

The portrait of the imperial court we gain from Suetonius is one repeatedly blotted by perversities and crimes. The court of the Caesars remains an unnerving place.

Charlemagne, the greatest king of his age, had died in 814, after a reign of almost 50 years. During that time he had won many wars, sponsored numerous reforms and served as the patron of a golden age ...

An iconic portrait from Pablo Picasso’s blue period gained a new layer of complexity after the Courtauld Institute of Art in London discovered an earlier image of a woman beneath it that went ...

Are you also related to Charlemagne, described as 'one of the most important people in history'? Well, according to scientists, it's not difficult to find out.

As she sees the portrait of her distant ancestor, Stone gasps, grabbing her glasses to get a closer look, and says, "No!" "Charlemagne is your 38th great-grandfather," Gates tells her.

Left: A 19th-Century Portrait of Charlemagne. Right: A 1749 painting of Westminster Abbey. Photo: Stefano Bianchetti/Corbis via Getty Images; Werner Forman/Universal Images Group/Getty Images ...

In the inventory, he promised to return them all to the Abbey within eighteen months. A promise which he kept as far as is known. The silk used for Charlemagne’s shroud, formerly believed to have ...