T589, MEDEA SCATTERS THE LIMBS OF ABSYRTUS IN THE WAY, TO RETARD THE PURSUIT OF AETES, WHO WOULD NATURALLY STOP TO PICK UP THE FRAGMENTS OF HIS CHILD [MEDEA, FLYING WITH JASON, IS PASSING OVER THE DEAD BODY OF ABSYRTHUS, WHICH SHE HAD LAID IN THE PATH OF ACTES, TO RETARD HIS PURSUIT]
Description: MEDEA SCATTERS THE LIMBS OF ABSYRTUS IN THE WAY, TO RETARD THE PURSUIT OF AETES, WHO WOULD NATURALLY STOP TO PICK UP THE FRAGMENTS OF HIS CHILD [MEDEA, FLYING WITH JASON, IS PASSING OVER THE DEAD BODY OF ABSYRTHUS, WHICH SHE HAD LAID IN THE PATH OF ACTES, TO RETARD HIS PURSUIT]
Inscription Greek: ΑΠΟΛΛΟΝΙΔΟΥ
Signature: APOLLONIDES
Last Recorded Collection: Unknown
Previous Collections:
Catalogue des pierres gravées antiques de S.A. le Prince Stanislas Poniatowski ([1830?]-1833): IV.172
Christie's, London: 1839-797
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): 589
