1839-717, ALEXANDER TAMING BUCEPHALUS, AN ATTENDANT WITH HIS HELMET BEHIND HIM, HIS SERPENT AT HIS FEET

Record Number: 40001734
Sub-database: Poniatowski
Reference Number: 1839-717
Material of Original Gem: Cornelian
Description: ALEXANDER TAMING BUCEPHALUS, AN ATTENDANT WITH HIS HELMET BEHIND HIM, HIS SERPENT AT HIS FEET
Inscription Greek: ΕΛΛΕΝΙΟΣ
Signature: Hellen
Last Recorded Collection: Unknown
Previous Collections:
- Catalogue des pierres gravées antiques de S.A. le Prince Stanislas Poniatowski ([1830?]-1833): VIII.1.66
- Daktyliothek Poniatowski 1832, Antikensammlung Berlin: 319
- Christie's, London: 1839-717
- The Wellington Gems (1977) [London, Market, S.J. Phillips]: 420.2
Comments: SET IN A NECKLACE WITH ELEVEN INTAGLIOS. See also the drawing in the Museo Poldi Pezzoli, by Vimercati Sozzi Paolo (1801/ 1883), a design by Beltrami. Other gems are copies from the Poniatowski collection. http://www.lombardiabeniculturali.it/opere-arte/schede/2o050-00165/

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