The Empress needed an official portrait, obviously. And he was well respected and popular as an artist, so he was approached to paint it. He accepted, and they had some sittings, and it all seemed to be going well.
Until she saw the final work, which portrayed her in a clearly sexualized fashion. He was arrested, executed, what you'd expect. His property would have been seized, but his wife seemed to have fled the country when he'd started work on the portrait, with all his work that was now valuable to the Empress' enemies.
I guess she was just psychic.
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