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]
- Reference Number: T629
- 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
- Current Collection: Paris, Cabinet des medailles, Bibliotheque nationale de France
- Previous Collections:
- Catalogue des pierres graves antiques de S.A. le Prince Stanislas Poniatowski ([1830?]-1833)
- Christie's, London
- 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)
- Monson, (Lord)
- Christie's, London
- Seguin, (Jean-Charles)
- Samuel Sharp
- Sotheby's, London
- Material: Cornelian
- Comments: Glass impression in a private collection, curated by Alenka Simončič, National Gallery of Slovenia.
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