Description: VENUS, ACCOMPANIED BY IRIS, PRAYING MARS TO LEND HER HIS CHARIOT [WHICH IS SEEN IN THE BACKGROUND, THAT SHE MAY RE-ASCEND THE HEAVENS]
Inscription Greek: ΠΟΛΥΚΛΕΙΤΟΣ
Signature: Polyklet
Last Recorded Collection: Christie's, London: 14/15.07.1865,161
Previous Collections:
Christie's, London: 1839-673
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): 910
