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T965, ORESTES KILLING HIS MOTHER [PURSUING HER TO THE ALTAR OF MINERVA, STILL SMOKING WITH THE SACRIFICE WHICH SHE HAS KINDLED]

  • Record Number: 40001214
  • Sub-database: Poniatowski
  • Reference Number: T965
  • Material of Original Gem: Sardonyx
  • Description: ORESTES KILLING HIS MOTHER [PURSUING HER TO THE ALTAR OF MINERVA, STILL SMOKING WITH THE SACRIFICE WHICH SHE HAS KINDLED]
  • Inscription Greek: ΠΟΛΥΚΛΕΙΤΟΥ
  • Signature: Polyklet
  • 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): 965
  • Previous Collections:
    • Catalogue des pierres gravĂ©es antiques de S.A. le Prince Stanislas Poniatowski ([1830?]-1833): V.387
    • Christie's, London: 1839-752
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