VERONESE DESIGNS BRONZE BELLEROPHON FIGHTING CHIMAERA FIGURINE 31CMBELLEROPHON FIGHTING THE CHIMAERA" BY JOHANN NEPOMUK SCHALLER Bellerophon is a hero of Greek mythology. He was "the greatest hero and slayer of monsters, alongside Cadmus and Perseus, before the days of Heracles", and his greatest feat was killing the Chimera, a monster that Homer depicted with a lion's head, a goat's body, and a serpent's tail: "her breath came out in terrible blasts of burning flame." The Veronese brand is well known of its