Ziegler’s “History of Christianity” shows the key figures of the history of Christianity with, perhaps inevitably, Napoléon Bonaparte occupying center stage.

A History of Christianity, a painting by Jules-Claude Ziegler in the cupola of the choir inside l’église de la Madeleine, features Mary Magdalene, supported by clouds carried by three angels.

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Go to the index page of pictures of the Champs-Élysées