This line is based on Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres' 'Napoleon I on the Imperial Throne' or 'His Majesty the Emperor of the French on his Throne'.
In this portrait of Napoleon I in his coronation robes, Ingres depicts some of the attributes and symbols of imperial power. Now used to illustrate millions of history textbooks, this work, which was deemed shocking in 1806, waited almost a century before being exhibited.
