T63, JUPITER DESTROYS THE CERCOPES WITH HIS THUNDERBOLTS, AND THEN CHANGES THEM TO MONKEYS [APES], FOR HAVING REFUSED, AFTER PROMISING THEIR ASSISTANCE AND RECEIVED REMUNERATION, TO FIGHT AGAINST SATURN [JUPITER CHANGING THE CYCLOPS INTO BEARS ]
Description: JUPITER DESTROYS THE CERCOPES WITH HIS THUNDERBOLTS, AND THEN CHANGES THEM TO MONKEYS [APES], FOR HAVING REFUSED, AFTER PROMISING THEIR ASSISTANCE AND RECEIVED REMUNERATION, TO FIGHT AGAINST SATURN [JUPITER CHANGING THE CYCLOPS INTO BEARS ]
Inscription Greek: ΑΠΟΛΛΟΝΙΔΟΥ
Signature: Apollonides
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): 63
Previous Collections:
Catalogue des pierres gravées antiques de S.A. le Prince Stanislas Poniatowski ([1830?]-1833): I.86
Christie's, London: 1839-89
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