T902, DEATH OF GORGYTHION [TEUCER CONCEALED BEHIND THE SHIELD OF AJAX, LAUNCHING AN ARROW AT GORGYTHION, WHO IS FALLING BACKWARDS, TRANSFIXED WITH THE ARROW]

Record Number: 40000940
Sub-database: Poniatowski
Reference Number: T902
Material of Original Gem: Cornelian
Description: DEATH OF GORGYTHION [TEUCER CONCEALED BEHIND THE SHIELD OF AJAX, LAUNCHING AN ARROW AT GORGYTHION, WHO IS FALLING BACKWARDS, TRANSFIXED WITH THE ARROW]
Inscription Greek: ΠΟΛΥΚΛΕΙΤΟΥ
Signature: Polyklet
Attributed To:
Literary Source Record: Homer, Ilias; transl. J.H.Voss (1793)
Last Recorded Collection: Sotheby's, London: 13 December 2020: lot 69
Previous Collections:
- Catalogue des pierres gravées antiques de S.A. le Prince Stanislas Poniatowski ([1830?]-1833): V.255
- Christie's, London: 1839-660
- Calandrelli drawing, Antikensammlung Berlin: A.III.46
- 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): 902
- Platz-Horster,G.: L'antica maniera. Zeichnungen und Gemmen des Giovanni Calandrelli in der Antikensammlung Berlin (2005): P.66

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