T979, DIOMEDE THROWING THE BODY OF PENTHESELEA [PENTHESILEIA] INTO THE RIVER SCAMANDER [ZANTHUS]

Record Number: 40001018
Sub-database: Poniatowski
Reference Number: T979
Material of Original Gem: Cornelian
Description: DIOMEDE THROWING THE BODY OF PENTHESELEA [PENTHESILEIA] INTO THE RIVER SCAMANDER [ZANTHUS]
Inscription Greek: ΔΙΟΣΚΟΥΡΙΔΟΥ
Signature: Dioskourides
Attributed To:
Literary Source Record: Ovid, Metam.
Last Recorded Collection: Unknown
Previous Collections:
- Catalogue des pierres gravées antiques de S.A. le Prince Stanislas Poniatowski ([1830?]-1833): V.207
- Christie's, London: 1839-1682
- 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): 979
- Calandrelli drawing, Antikensammlung Berlin: A.III.63
- Platz-Horster,G.: L'antica maniera. Zeichnungen und Gemmen des Giovanni Calandrelli in der Antikensammlung Berlin (2005): P.67
- Monson, (Lord)
- Christie's, London: June 9, 1851, lot 188
Comments: Glass impression in a private collection, curated by Alenka Simončič, National Gallery of Slovenia.

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