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Emperor Heraclius is heading in triumph to Jerusalem with the Cross. Upon his arrival, however, the city gate closes itself up before him, and an angel indicates that the Emperor must enter the city not on horseback but rather - in remembrance of Christ - in a humble manner, whereupon Heraclius carries the Cross into the city on foot wearing only his shirt. Since Vasari, the profile image of the man watching the entry of the emperor from the right edge of the fresco has been regarded as a self-portrait of the artist.
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