T480, THE METAMORPHOSIS OF ATLAS [INTO A MOUNTAIN][PERSEUS SHOWING THE HEAD OF MEDUSA TO ATLAS, AND CHANGING HIM INTO A ROCK][PEGASUS SPRINGING FROM THE BLOOD OF THE MEDUSA WHILE ATLAS IS TURNED TO STONE BENEATH THE SHIELD]

No Image

Record Number: 40000509
Sub-database: Poniatowski
Reference Number: T480
Material of Original Gem: Cornelian
Description: THE METAMORPHOSIS OF ATLAS [INTO A MOUNTAIN][PERSEUS SHOWING THE HEAD OF MEDUSA TO ATLAS, AND CHANGING HIM INTO A ROCK][PEGASUS SPRINGING FROM THE BLOOD OF THE MEDUSA WHILE ATLAS IS TURNED TO STONE BENEATH THE SHIELD]
Inscription Greek: ΚΡΟΜΟΥ
Signature: Kromos
Last Recorded Collection: Unknown: 416.5
Previous Collections:
- Catalogue des pierres gravées antiques de S.A. le Prince Stanislas Poniatowski ([1830?]-1833): IV.16
- Christie's, London: 1839-1580
- 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): 480
Comments: SET IN A NECKLACE WITH THIRTEEN INTAGLIOS

Link to this record using the address https://www.beazley.ox.ac.uk/record/77CF31A2-E4E2-4141-9869-E528A1BA97CC

My photograph albums