Hera Borghese
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The Hera Borghese is a type of sculpture of Hera
Hera
Hera was the wife and one of three sisters of Zeus in the Olympian pantheon of Greek mythology and religion. Her chief function was as the goddess of women and marriage. Her counterpart in the religion of ancient Rome was Juno. The cow and the peacock were sacred to her...

 named after the owners of its archetype, the Borghese
Borghese collection
The Borghese Collection is a collection of Roman sculptures, old masters and modern art collected by the Roman Borghese family, especially Cardinal Scipione Borghese, from the 17th century on. It includes major collections of Caravaggio, Raphael, and Titian, and of ancient Roman art...

. One example is in the National Museum of Rome
National Museum of Rome
The National Museum of Rome is a set of museums in Rome, Italy, split among various branches across the city...

http://www.scholarsresource.com/browse/work/6769, whilst others are in the Palatine Antiquarium
Palatine Hill
The Palatine Hill is the centermost of the Seven Hills of Rome and is one of the most ancient parts of the city...

http://www2.siba.fi/~kkoskim/imbas/roma/imgpage.php?lang=fi&action=3&themeid=mpalatin&imgid=227_006bw and at the Castello Aragonese Museum at Baiae
Baiae
Baiae , a frazione of the comune of Bacoli) in the Campania region of Italy was a Roman seaside resort on the Bay of Naples. It was said to have been named after Baius, who was supposedly buried there. Baiae was for several hundred years a fashionable resort, especially towards the end of the Roman...

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