1839-2533, AESCHYLUS [A HEAD OF THE POET WITH A TORTOISE IN THE FIELD; HE WAS KILLED WHEN AN EAGLE DROPPED A TORTOISE ON HIS BOLD HEAD, MISTAKING IT FOR A STONE ]
Description: AESCHYLUS [A HEAD OF THE POET WITH A TORTOISE IN THE FIELD; HE WAS KILLED WHEN AN EAGLE DROPPED A TORTOISE ON HIS BOLD HEAD, MISTAKING IT FOR A STONE ]
Inscription Greek: ΑΓΙΣ
Signature: Agis
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
Unknown
Material: Sardonyx
Comments: PHILLIPS: AMETHYST; SET IN AN AMETHYST NECKLACE WITH TWELVE CAMEOS AND INTAGLIOS. The gem copies the bust of Aeschylus from the Capitoline Museums, Rome
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