diff --git a/crates/zotero/src/bridge.rs b/crates/zotero/src/bridge.rs
index c95e67a..b5d00bb 100644
--- a/crates/zotero/src/bridge.rs
+++ b/crates/zotero/src/bridge.rs
@@ -568,6 +568,10 @@ fn remove_empty_note(s: &mut Session, f: &ZField) -> Option<Pos> {
     for b in blocks {
         if let Some(p) = b.as_para() {
             rest.push_str(&p.text);
+            // A picture, shape, equation... is content too, even though it has no text.
+            if !p.objects.iter().all(|o| o.is_marker() || matches!(o, InlineObject::NoteRef { .. })) {
+                return None;
+            }
         }
     }
     if rest.chars().any(|c| c != OBJ && !c.is_whitespace()) {
diff --git a/crates/zotero/src/tests.rs b/crates/zotero/src/tests.rs
index a4a365d..4a8d581 100644
--- a/crates/zotero/src/tests.rs
+++ b/crates/zotero/src/tests.rs
@@ -512,6 +512,22 @@ fn a_note_with_other_text_stays_when_its_citation_leaves() {
     assert!(z.call("Document_convert", json!([1, [999], [], [1], 1])).is_err());
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn a_note_with_a_picture_stays_when_its_citation_leaves() {
+    let mut z = Z::new("Text.", 5);
+    z.begin();
+    let a = z.cite(1, "Doe, Title.");
+    let pid = *z.s.doc.parts.keys().next().unwrap();
+    let p = z.s.doc.para_mut(StoryRef::Part(pid), &Path::top(0)).unwrap();
+    let n = p.len();
+    let image = InlineObject::Image { media: "m".into(), w: 1.0, h: 1.0, alt: String::new(), float: Default::default(), crop: [0.0; 4], ole: None };
+    p.insert_object(n, image, &Default::default()).unwrap();
+    z.ok("Field_convert", json!([1, a, "ReferenceMark", 0]));
+    assert_eq!(z.s.doc.parts.len(), 1);
+    assert!(z.s.doc.para(StoryRef::Part(pid), &Path::top(0)).unwrap().objects.iter().any(|o| matches!(o, InlineObject::Image { .. })));
+    assert!(z.text().ends_with("Doe, Title."));
+}
+
 /// Zotero reads a new bibliography field back before filling it, and unlinks it when it is
 /// empty (it takes that for a bibliography the user deleted). Seen with Zotero 10: Add/Edit
 /// Bibliography did nothing.