T259, MERCURY CONFIDING THE INFANT BACCHUS TO INO-LEUCOTHOE, THE SISTER OF SEMELE, THAT HE MIGHT BE EDUCATED BY HER, WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE HYADS, THE HOURS, AND THE NYMPHS. CORRIGENDA: MERCURY COMMITTING THE INFANT BACCHUS TO THE CARE OF INO
Description: MERCURY CONFIDING THE INFANT BACCHUS TO INO-LEUCOTHOE, THE SISTER OF SEMELE, THAT HE MIGHT BE EDUCATED BY HER, WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE HYADS, THE HOURS, AND THE NYMPHS. CORRIGENDA: MERCURY COMMITTING THE INFANT BACCHUS TO THE CARE OF INO
Inscription Greek: ΔΙΟΣΚΟΥΡΙΔΕΣ
Signature: Dioskourides
Last Recorded Collection: Paris, Cabinet des médailles, Bibliothèque nationale de France: H2869, inv 366
Previous Collections:
Catalogue des pierres gravées antiques de S.A. le Prince Stanislas Poniatowski ([1830?]-1833): II.26
Christie's, London: 1839-2290
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): 259
