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T53, JUPITER, TO CONCEAL HIS AMOURS WITH IO FROM JUNO, METAMORPHOSES IO INTO A HEIFER BUT JUNO, SUSPECTING THE FRAUD, BEGS HER OF HIM
Record Number: 40000082Sub-database: Poniatowski Reference Number: T53Material of Original Gem: AmethystDescription: JUPITER, TO CONCEAL HIS AMOURS WITH IO FROM JUNO, METAMORPHOSES IO INTO A HEIFER BUT JUNO, SUSPECTING THE FRAUD, BEGS HER OF HIMInscription Greek: ΠΥΡΓΟΤΕΛΕΣSignature: PyrgotelesLiterary Source Record: Ovid, Metam.Last Recorded Collection: UnknownPrevious Collections: Catalogue des pierres gravĂ©es antiques de S.A. le Prince Stanislas Poniatowski ([1830?]-1833): I.73 Christie's, London: 1839-1854 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): 53
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