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T427, NESSUS GIVING THE EMPOISENED TUNIC TO DEJANIRA [NESSUS, THE ARROW OF HERCULES HAVING PIERCED HIS BODY, IS PRESENTING THE POISONED TUNIC TO DIJANEIRA, WHO IS RECEIVING IT WITH UNSUSPECTING WILLINGNESS]

  • Record Number: 40000456
  • Sub-database: Poniatowski
  • Reference Number: T427
  • Material of Original Gem: Sardonyx
  • Description: NESSUS GIVING THE EMPOISENED TUNIC TO DEJANIRA [NESSUS, THE ARROW OF HERCULES HAVING PIERCED HIS BODY, IS PRESENTING THE POISONED TUNIC TO DIJANEIRA, WHO IS RECEIVING IT WITH UNSUSPECTING WILLINGNESS]
  • Inscription Greek: ΤΡΥΦΟΝΟΣ
  • Signature: Tryphon
  • 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): 427
  • Previous Collections:
    • Catalogue des pierres gravĂ©es antiques de S.A. le Prince Stanislas Poniatowski ([1830?]-1833): II.321
    • Christie's, London: 1839-2362
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