T764, IRIS, DISGUISED AS LAODICEA, INVITING HELEN [WHO IS SEATED AT A TABLE EMBROIDERING] TO WITNESS THE COMBAT [BETWEEN PARIS AND MENELAUS]

Record Number: 40000797
Sub-database: Poniatowski
Reference Number: T764
Material of Original Gem: Cornelian
Description: IRIS, DISGUISED AS LAODICEA, INVITING HELEN [WHO IS SEATED AT A TABLE EMBROIDERING] TO WITNESS THE COMBAT [BETWEEN PARIS AND MENELAUS]
Inscription Greek: ΠΟΛΥΚΛΕΙΤΟΥ
Signature: Polyklet
Attributed To:
Literary Source Record: Homer, Iliad
Homer, Ilias; transl. J.H.Voss (1793)
Last Recorded Collection: Unknown
Previous Collections:
- Catalogue des pierres gravées antiques de S.A. le Prince Stanislas Poniatowski ([1830?]-1833): V.49
- Christie's, London: 1839-675
- 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): 764
- Monson, (Lord)
- Calandrelli drawing, Antikensammlung Berlin: A.III.7 AND 8
- Christie's, London: June 9, 1851, lot 145
- Platz-Horster,G.: L'antica maniera. Zeichnungen und Gemmen des Giovanni Calandrelli in der Antikensammlung Berlin (2005): P.63

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