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T509, NARCISSUS, [IN CHARON'S BOAT] EVEN AFTER HIS DEATH CAPTIVATED BY HIS OWN BEAUTY, GAZING ON HIMSELF IN THE MUDDY WATERS OF ACHERON [STYX]

  • Record Number: 40000537
  • Sub-database: Poniatowski
  • Reference Number: T509
  • Material of Original Gem: Cornelian
  • Description: NARCISSUS, [IN CHARON'S BOAT] EVEN AFTER HIS DEATH CAPTIVATED BY HIS OWN BEAUTY, GAZING ON HIMSELF IN THE MUDDY WATERS OF ACHERON [STYX]
  • Inscription Greek: ΚΡΟΜΟΥ
  • Signature: Kromos
  • 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): 509
  • Previous Collections:
    • Catalogue des pierres gravĂ©es antiques de S.A. le Prince Stanislas Poniatowski ([1830?]-1833): IV.58
    • Christie's, London: 1839-2390

Link to this record using the address https://www.beazley.ox.ac.uk/record/0A4F38C6-D088-4E13-8149-63C95845396E

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