Caption:
Charlemagne, King of the Franks (768-814), Holy Roman emperor; 742 - 814. "Coronation of Charlemagne" (by Pope Leo III on 25.12.800 at St. Peter's in Rome). Woodcut, 1871, after the fresco in the town hall at Aachen. Design, 1840, by Alfred Rethel (1816-59), woodcut, 1856-58, by Josef Kehren (1817-80). Berlin, Sammlung Archiv für Kunst und Geschichte.