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

  • Reference Number: 1839-717
  • Description: ALEXANDER TAMING BUCEPHALUS, AN ATTENDANT WITH HIS HELMET BEHIND HIM, HIS SERPENT AT HIS FEET
  • Inscription Greek: ΕΛΛΕΝΙΟΣ
  • Signature: Hellen
  • Current Collection: Unknown
  • Previous Collections:
    • Catalogue des pierres graves antiques de S.A. le Prince Stanislas Poniatowski ([1830?]-1833)
    • Daktyliothek Poniatowski 1832, Antikensammlung Berlin
    • Christie's, London
    • The Wellington Gems (1977) [London, Market, S.J. Phillips]
  • Material: Cornelian
  • 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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