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]
- Reference Number: T589
- 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
- Current Collection: Unknown
- Previous Collections:
- Catalogue des pierres graves antiques de S.A. le Prince Stanislas Poniatowski ([1830?]-1833)
- Christie's, London
- 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)
- Monson, (Lord)
- Christie's, London
- Material: Cornelian
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