Description: VENUS SOLICITING VULCAN TO FORGE ARMOUR FOR AENEAS
Inscription Greek: ΔΙΟΣΚΟΥΡΙΔΟΥ
Signature: DIOSKOURIDES
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): 1133
Previous Collections:
Catalogue des pierres gravées antiques de S.A. le Prince Stanislas Poniatowski ([1830?]-1833): VII.56
Christie's, London: 1839-2202
Comments: SEE ALSO THE DRAWING BY VIMERCATI SOZZI PAOLO (1801/ 1883) IN THE MUSEO POLDI PEZZOLI. HTTP://WWW.LOMBARDIABENICULTURALI.IT/OPERE-ARTE/SCHEDE/2O050-00203/
