Description: APOLLO PURSUING DAPHNE, WHO IS PARTLY TRANSFORMED INTO A [LAUREL] TREE. [THETIS TRANSFORMED TO A TREE]
Inscription Greek: ΠΥΡΓΟΤΕΛΕΣ
Signature: PYRGOTELES
Literary Source Record: Ovid, Metam.
Last Recorded Collection: Victoria and Albert Museum, London: 947-1853
Previous Collections:
Catalogue des pierres gravées antiques de S.A. le Prince Stanislas Poniatowski ([1830?]-1833): V.102
Christie's, London: 1839-1409
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): 819?
Monson, (Lord)
Christie's, London: 1853-172
Size: 35X30, 24X20
Comments: SET IN GOLD FILIGREE MOUNT, WITH A LINE OF BLACK ENAMEL. SEE ALSO 1839-2051
