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"The portrait is significant because it is the only known living depiction of Constantine XI. Unlike the typical reliance on official imperial portraits, the artist appears to have rendered the emperor’s features from personal observation, suggesting direct access to him."

https://www.thenationalherald.com/the-portrait-of-the-last-emperor-of-byzantium-constantine-xi-palaiologos-discovered-in-a-fresco-in-greece/