T607, THESEUS INSTRUCTED BY ARIADNE HOW TO RETURN FROM THE DEPTHS OF THE LABYRINTH [THE HERO IS LEANING ON HIS CLUB AND STRETCHING OUT HIS HAND TO RECEIVE THE GIFT OF THE DAUGHTER OF MINOS]
Description: THESEUS INSTRUCTED BY ARIADNE HOW TO RETURN FROM THE DEPTHS OF THE LABYRINTH [THE HERO IS LEANING ON HIS CLUB AND STRETCHING OUT HIS HAND TO RECEIVE THE GIFT OF THE DAUGHTER OF MINOS]
Inscription Greek: ΠΟΛΥΚΛΕΙΤΟΥ
Signature: POLYKLET
Attributed To:
Literary Source Record: Moritz
Last Recorded Collection: Bonhams, London: 19th of September 2012, lot 23
Previous Collections:
Catalogue des pierres gravées antiques de S.A. le Prince Stanislas Poniatowski ([1830?]-1833): IV.194
Christie's, London: 1839-759
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): 607