Beard: Why do you think oliver cromwell kept these paintings for himself after he had sold off most of charles the first other great works? Thats from rebecca. I i think this is extremely interesting because in a hampton court, where these paintings montonias triumph tof caesars now, and have been for generations. And its very, very curious imperial image making,. starting with henry the eighth and the tapestries we mention, but going further. These were certainly celebrations of roman military success are always undercut by what happens next.