T958, POLYXENA SACRIFICED BY PYRRHUS AT THE TOMB OF ACHILLES [HE IS HOLDING THE DAUGHTER OF PRIAM BY THE HAIR, HIS SWORD IN HIS UPLIFTED RIGHT ARM ABOUT TO PIERCE HER; THE TOMB IS OF CLASSICAL DESIGN, ORNAMENTED WITH A FESTOON, MASKS AT THE CORNERS, IT IS INSCRIBED ACHILLES IN GREEK]
Description: POLYXENA SACRIFICED BY PYRRHUS AT THE TOMB OF ACHILLES [HE IS HOLDING THE DAUGHTER OF PRIAM BY THE HAIR, HIS SWORD IN HIS UPLIFTED RIGHT ARM ABOUT TO PIERCE HER; THE TOMB IS OF CLASSICAL DESIGN, ORNAMENTED WITH A FESTOON, MASKS AT THE CORNERS, IT IS INSCRIBED ACHILLES IN GREEK]
Inscription Greek: ΔΙΟΣΚΟΥΡΙΔΕΣ ΑΧΙΛΛΕΥΣ
Signature: Dioskourides
Last Recorded Collection: Unknown
Previous Collections:
Catalogue des pierres gravées antiques de S.A. le Prince Stanislas Poniatowski ([1830?]-1833): V.224
Christie's, London: 1839-655
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): 958
