Description: IRIS SENT BY JUNO TO THE GENIUS OF SLEEP, TO ANNOUNCE TO ALCYONE THE DEATH OF HER SHIPWRECKED HUSBAND, CEYX
Inscription Greek: ΓΝΑΙΟΣ
Signature: Gnaios
Last Recorded Collection: Sotheby's, London: 5 April 1883: lot 70
Previous Collections:
Catalogue des pierres gravées antiques de S.A. le Prince Stanislas Poniatowski ([1830?]-1833): V.86
Christie's, London: 1839-1280
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): 805
