T1094, THE SHADE OF HECTOR APPEARING TO AENEAS IN HIS SLEEP [THE NIGHT WHICH CLOSED THE FATE OF TROY, TO WARN HIM OF THE DANGER, AND TO URGE HIS REMOVING TO A PLACE OF SAFETY THE LARES AND THE OBJECTS SACRED TO THE WORSHIP OF VESTA]
Description: THE SHADE OF HECTOR APPEARING TO AENEAS IN HIS SLEEP [THE NIGHT WHICH CLOSED THE FATE OF TROY, TO WARN HIM OF THE DANGER, AND TO URGE HIS REMOVING TO A PLACE OF SAFETY THE LARES AND THE OBJECTS SACRED TO THE WORSHIP OF VESTA]
Inscription Greek: ΔΙΟΚΛΕΟΥ
Signature: DIOKLEOS
Last Recorded Collection: Private collection
Previous Collections:
Catalogue des pierres gravées antiques de S.A. le Prince Stanislas Poniatowski ([1830?]-1833): VII.13
Christie's, London: 1839-692
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): 1094
Comments: SOLD BY WHITE'S AUCTIONS, APRIL 5, 2016, MIDDLEBORO, MA, USA FOR $825; FOR SALE BY BRUSCHINI TANCA ANTICHITA (IN 2018: 11,676.33 EUR) HTTPS://WWW.1STDIBS.COM/JEWELRY/NECKLACES/PENDANT-NECKLACES/PRINCE-PONIATOWSKI-COLLECTION-SARDONYX-GOLD-INTAGLIO-PENDANT-CIRCA-1815/ID-J_3165423/?UTM_MEDIUM=CPC&UTM_SOURCE=CRITEO&UTM_CAMPAIGN=DISPLAY_UK-PDP-CRITEO-NON-EXCLUSIVE&UTM_CONTENT=MT&CURRENCY=GBP. MOUNTED IN THE ORIGINAL GOLD CARVED FRAME WITH BLACK ENAMEL, STAMPED WITH THE PAPAL HALLMARK OF THE CITY OF ROME AND THE GOLDSMITH AND JEWELLER LUIGI MASCELLI (1804-1825).
