1839-223, SCYLLA, STRIVING TO REACH THE GALLEY OF MINOS, PURSUED BY NISUS, WHO, IN THE FORM OF A HAWK [OSPREY], IS HOVERING OVER HER; MINOS, STANDING IN THE PROW OF THE VESSEL, IS REPULSING HER
Description: SCYLLA, STRIVING TO REACH THE GALLEY OF MINOS, PURSUED BY NISUS, WHO, IN THE FORM OF A HAWK [OSPREY], IS HOVERING OVER HER; MINOS, STANDING IN THE PROW OF THE VESSEL, IS REPULSING HER
Inscription Greek: ΠΥΡΓΟΤΕΛΕΣ
Signature: Pyrgoteles
Literary Source Record: Ovid, Metam.
Last Recorded Collection: Private Collection
Previous Collections:
Catalogue des pierres gravées antiques de S.A. le Prince Stanislas Poniatowski ([1830?]-1833): IV.304
Christie's, London: 1839-223
Breadalbane, (Marquess): set in the Breadalbane Vase/Candelabrum 1862
