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The Empress Receiving Tsar Alexander I
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The Empress Receiving Tsar Alexander IHector Vigier

In this poignant work (1865), Vigier captures Empress Josephine greeting Russian tsar Alexander I at Malmaison after her divorce from Napoleon. Painted decades later, the scene reflects both nostalgia and diplomacy—symbolizing the personal cost of empire and the resilience of political ties forged in the aftermath of war.
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