T95, PROSERPINE METAMORPHOSING ASCALAPHUS INTO AN OWL [BY POURING THE WATER OF PHLEGETON ON HIS HEAD HE APPEARS UNDER A POMEGRANATE TREE, THE FRUIT OF WHICH THE GODDESS HOLDS IN HER LEFT HAND]
Description: PROSERPINE METAMORPHOSING ASCALAPHUS INTO AN OWL [BY POURING THE WATER OF PHLEGETON ON HIS HEAD HE APPEARS UNDER A POMEGRANATE TREE, THE FRUIT OF WHICH THE GODDESS HOLDS IN HER LEFT HAND]
Inscription Greek: ΚΑΕΚΑΣ
Signature: Kaekas
Literary Source Record: Ovid, Metam.
Last Recorded Collection: 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): 95
Previous Collections:
Catalogue des pierres gravées antiques de S.A. le Prince Stanislas Poniatowski ([1830?]-1833): I.147
Christie's, London: 1839-763
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