Napoleon as Caesar Black & Gilt Canova Zeus wife Hera was furious

Zeus wife Hera was furious at the news of the birth of Hercules so she sent two deadly snakes to his cradle

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Napoleon as Caesar Black & Gilt Canova Zeus wife Hera was furiousNapoleon as Caesar, a bust, after the antique marble by Canova, 1804. A Basalt black bust, with antique gilt crown, and lettering. In 1802 Napoleon brought the finest Italian neoclassical sculptor, Antonio Canova, to Paris to do a series of sculptures of Napoleon. After Napoleon saw one of the pieces, a marble relief with him wearing a laurel crown, he commissioned this large version. As a standard these large busts are made lighter in weight and not