T216, MERCURY NEAR THE LIFELESS BODY OF ALCMENA, WHICH HE IS COMMANDED BY JUPITER TO CONDUCT TO THE ISLANDS OF THE BLESSED, INABITED BY SHADES, WHERE SHE ESPOUSES RHADAMANTHUS, JUDGE OF THE INFERNAL REGIONS. CORRIGENDA: MERCURY AND ALCMENA
Description: MERCURY NEAR THE LIFELESS BODY OF ALCMENA, WHICH HE IS COMMANDED BY JUPITER TO CONDUCT TO THE ISLANDS OF THE BLESSED, INABITED BY SHADES, WHERE SHE ESPOUSES RHADAMANTHUS, JUDGE OF THE INFERNAL REGIONS. CORRIGENDA: MERCURY AND ALCMENA
Inscription Greek: ΑΠΟΛΛΟΝΙΔΕΣ
Signature: Apollonides
Literary Source Record: Aeneid Homer, Odyss.
Last Recorded Collection: 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): 216
Previous Collections:
Catalogue des pierres gravées antiques de S.A. le Prince Stanislas Poniatowski ([1830?]-1833): I.335
