40000840, Poniatowski, T806, JUNO PERSUADING THE GENIUS OF SLEEP TO SHED HIS INFLUENCE OVER JUPITER [SHE IS SHOWING THE CESTUS OF VENUS TO HIM, AN ELEGANT WINGED FIGURE SITTING ON A ROCK, WHOM THE GODDESSS IS INVITING TO ACCOMPANY HER TO MOUNT IDA, TO USE HIS LULLING POWER OVER JUPITER; JUNO, WITH UPLIFTED ARM, IS URGING HER REQUEST, AND PROMISING PASITHEA AS THE REWARD OF COMPLIANCE], ADMON, Admon, Unknown, Christie's, London, Monson, (Lord), 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), Christie's, London, Catalogue des pierres gravées antiques de S.A. le Prince Stanislas Poniatowski ([1830?]-1833), June 9, 1851, lot 215, Sardonyx

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