1839-1825, HORTENTIUS [Quintus Hortensius Hortalus, 114 BC to 50 BC]
- Reference Number: 1839-1825
- Description: HORTENTIUS [Quintus Hortensius Hortalus, 114 BC to 50 BC]
- Inscription Greek: ΑΠΟΛΛΟΝΙΟΥ
- Signature: Apollonios
- Current Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
- Previous Collections:
- Catalogue des pierres graves antiques de S.A. le Prince Stanislas Poniatowski ([1830?]-1833)
- Christie's, London
- Material: Jacinth
- Comments: Recorded as Late Republican or Early Imperial garnet, possibly showing Maecenas. Here the Poniatowski engraver is copying the well-known bust signed Q.HORTENSIVS.
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