T861, LYCAON SUPPLICATING ACHILLES [WHO IS ABOUT TO PIERCE HIM WITH HIS SPEAR, AND IS OFFERED A RANSOM OF 300 BULLS. SOME RUSHES MARK THE SPOT AS THE BANK OF THE XANTHUS]

Record Number: 40000897
Sub-database: Poniatowski
Reference Number: T861
Material of Original Gem: Cornelian
Description: LYCAON SUPPLICATING ACHILLES [WHO IS ABOUT TO PIERCE HIM WITH HIS SPEAR, AND IS OFFERED A RANSOM OF 300 BULLS. SOME RUSHES MARK THE SPOT AS THE BANK OF THE XANTHUS]
Inscription Greek: ΠΟΛΥΚΛΕΙΤΟΥ
Signature: Polyklet
Attributed To:
Literary Source Record: Homer, Iliad
Homer, Ilias; transl. J.H.Voss (1793)
Last Recorded Collection: Unknown
Previous Collections:
- Catalogue des pierres gravées antiques de S.A. le Prince Stanislas Poniatowski ([1830?]-1833): V.170
- Christie's, London: 1839-825
- 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): 861
- Calandrelli drawing, Antikensammlung Berlin: A.III.30
- Monson, (Lord)
- Christie's, London: June 9, 1851, lot 44
- Platz-Horster,G.: L'antica maniera. Zeichnungen und Gemmen des Giovanni Calandrelli in der Antikensammlung Berlin (2005): P.65

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