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François Lemoyne's oil on canvas Apotheosis of Hercules on the Ceiling of the Salon d'Hercule at Versailles, painted 1733–36. The traditional European gods rediscovered during the Renaissance are depicted here in a typically spectacular Baroque illusion of the ceiling opening up to the sky. The symbolism is meant to link France's current absolute monarchy to the ancient Roman Empire.