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1839-1162, ACHILLES IN HIS BIGA, DRAGGING THE DEAD BODY OF HECTOR, ABOVE WHICH APOLLO IS FLYING; PRIAM AND OTHER FIGURES ARE UPON THE WALLS OF TROY

  • Record Number: 40001962
  • Sub-database: Poniatowski
  • Reference Number: 1839-1162
  • Material of Original Gem: Sardonyx
  • Description: ACHILLES IN HIS BIGA, DRAGGING THE DEAD BODY OF HECTOR, ABOVE WHICH APOLLO IS FLYING; PRIAM AND OTHER FIGURES ARE UPON THE WALLS OF TROY
  • Inscription Greek: ΣΚΥΛΑΚΟΣ
  • Signature: Skylax
  • Attributed To:
  • Literary Source Record: Homer, Iliad
    Homer, Ilias; transl. J.H.Voss (1793)
  • Last Recorded Collection: Unknown
  • Previous Collections:
    • Calandrelli drawing, Antikensammlung Berlin: A.III.35 AND 36
    • Daktyliothek Poniatowski 1832, Antikensammlung Berlin: 203
    • Catalogue des pierres gravĂ©es antiques de S.A. le Prince Stanislas Poniatowski ([1830?]-1833): V.186
    • Christie's, London: 1839-1162
    • Platz-Horster,G.: L'antica maniera. Zeichnungen und Gemmen des Giovanni Calandrelli in der Antikensammlung Berlin (2005): P.65
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