T483, PERSEUS CUTTING OFF THE HEAD OF MEDUSA

Record Number: 40000512
Sub-database: Poniatowski
Reference Number: T483
Material of Original Gem: Sardonyx
Description: PERSEUS CUTTING OFF THE HEAD OF MEDUSA
Inscription Greek: ΔΙΟΣΚΟΥΡΙΔΟΥ
Signature: Dioskourides
Attributed To:
Literary Source Record: Moritz
Last Recorded Collection: Unknown
Previous Collections:
- Catalogue des pierres gravées antiques de S.A. le Prince Stanislas Poniatowski ([1830?]-1833): IV.19
- Christie's, London: 1839-1324
- Calandrelli drawing, Antikensammlung Berlin: Z.II.23
- Prendeville, J.: Explanatory catalogue of the proof-impressions of the antique gems possessed by the late Prince Poniatowski and now in the possession of John Tyrrell, Esq. (1841): 483
- Monson, (Lord)
- Christie's, London: June 9, 1851, lot 158, 231 and 239
- Platz-Horster,G.: L'antica maniera. Zeichnungen und Gemmen des Giovanni Calandrelli in der Antikensammlung Berlin (2005): P.33
Comments: The original in the sale is Calandrelli's version (see the drawing in Berlin). Tyrrell's impression in the Beazley Archive shows that he must have had another, more rectangular in shape. These should possibly be two individual records. A drawing by Bartolomeo Pinelli (ROME 1781 - 1835) seems to have been inspired by Calandrelli's gem.

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