T629, AESCULAPIUS RESTORING HIPPOLYTUS TO LIFE [BY POURING HONEY ON HIS HEAD], IN PRESENCE OF DIANA AND HER NYMPH [THE SON OF THESEUS IS SEEN RAISING HIS BODY FROM THE GROUND, WHILE DIANA, TAKING HIM BY THE HAND, IS HOLDING OVER HIM THE CONSTELLATION INTO WHICH HE WAS TO BE TRANSFORMED]
Description: AESCULAPIUS RESTORING HIPPOLYTUS TO LIFE [BY POURING HONEY ON HIS HEAD], IN PRESENCE OF DIANA AND HER NYMPH [THE SON OF THESEUS IS SEEN RAISING HIS BODY FROM THE GROUND, WHILE DIANA, TAKING HIM BY THE HAND, IS HOLDING OVER HIM THE CONSTELLATION INTO WHICH HE WAS TO BE TRANSFORMED]
Inscription Greek: ΠΥΡΓΟΤΕΛΗΣ
Signature: Pyrgoteles
Last Recorded Collection: Paris, Cabinet des médailles, Bibliothèque nationale de France: H 2940, inv 433
Previous Collections:
Catalogue des pierres gravées antiques de S.A. le Prince Stanislas Poniatowski ([1830?]-1833): IV.218
Christie's, London: 1839-1212
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): 629
Monson, (Lord)
Christie's, London: June 9, 1851, lot 153
Seguin, (Jean-Charles)
Sharp, (Samuel)
Sotheby's, London: 5 April 1883: lot 28
Size: 23x28
Comments: Glass impression in a private collection, curated by Alenka Simončič, National Gallery of Slovenia.
