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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

  • Reference Number: 1839-223
  • 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.
  • Current Collection: Private Collection
  • Previous Collections:
    • Catalogue des pierres graves antiques de S.A. le Prince Stanislas Poniatowski ([1830?]-1833)
    • Christie's, London
    • Breadalbane, (Marquess)
    • A. Pash and Sons of Mayfair, London, Market
    • Christie's, London
  • Material: Amethyst
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