T491, THE DEATH OF ORION [ LYING ON THE GROUND IN AGONY FROM THE BITE OF THE SCORPION, WHICH, INSTIGATED BY DIANA, IS BITING HIS FOOT; RESEMBLES THE DYING GLADIATOR ]
Description: THE DEATH OF ORION [ LYING ON THE GROUND IN AGONY FROM THE BITE OF THE SCORPION, WHICH, INSTIGATED BY DIANA, IS BITING HIS FOOT; RESEMBLES THE DYING GLADIATOR ]
Inscription Greek: ΔΙΟΣΚΟΥΡΙΔΟΥ
Signature: Dioskourides
Last Recorded Collection: Unknown
Previous Collections:
Catalogue des pierres gravées antiques de S.A. le Prince Stanislas Poniatowski ([1830?]-1833): IV.32
Christie's, London: 1839-828
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): 491
Monson, (Lord)
Christie's, London: June 9, 1851, lot 50
Bonhams, London: 10 Jun 2009, lot 257
Comments: CHRISTIE'S: CORNELIAN. Now set in a necklace by Elizabeth Gage.
