T546, THE ARMED HOST SPRINGING FROM THE GROUND ON WHICH CADMUS HAD SCATTERED THE DRAGON'S TEETH [CADMUS SOWING THE TEETH OF THE DRAGON, WHICH IS LYING DEAD NEAR HIM, MINERVA DESCENDING TO HIM]
Description: THE ARMED HOST SPRINGING FROM THE GROUND ON WHICH CADMUS HAD SCATTERED THE DRAGON'S TEETH [CADMUS SOWING THE TEETH OF THE DRAGON, WHICH IS LYING DEAD NEAR HIM, MINERVA DESCENDING TO HIM]
Inscription Greek: ΠΥΡΓΟΤΕΛΕΣ
Signature: Pyrgoteles
Literary Source Record: Ovid, Metam.
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): 546
Previous Collections:
Catalogue des pierres gravées antiques de S.A. le Prince Stanislas Poniatowski ([1830?]-1833): IV.111
