Hera and Zeus

Zeus, king of the gods, lusted after his sister Hera. To trick her into being with him, he brought about a heavy rainstorm and took the shape of a cuckoo, shivering in the rain. Hera pitied the small bird and held it up to her warm breast, at which point Zeus turned back into his true form--Hera resisted him until he promised to marry her.

Detail

45 cm x 38 cm
oil on canvas
2009