T479, DEUCALION AND PYRRHA THROWING THE STONES BEHIND THEM: THOSE THROWN BY DEUCALION BECOME MEN, AND THOSE BY PYRRHA WOMEN

Record Number: 40000508
Sub-database: Poniatowski
Reference Number: T479
Material of Original Gem: Cornelian
Description: DEUCALION AND PYRRHA THROWING THE STONES BEHIND THEM: THOSE THROWN BY DEUCALION BECOME MEN, AND THOSE BY PYRRHA WOMEN
Inscription Greek: ΓΝΑΙΟΣ
Signature: Gnaios
Attributed To:
Literary Source Record: Moritz
Last Recorded Collection: Unknown
Previous Collections:
- Catalogue des pierres gravées antiques de S.A. le Prince Stanislas Poniatowski ([1830?]-1833): IV.13
- Christie's, London: 1839-1693
- Calandrelli drawing, Antikensammlung Berlin: Z.II.12
- 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): 479
- Platz-Horster,G.: L'antica maniera. Zeichnungen und Gemmen des Giovanni Calandrelli in der Antikensammlung Berlin (2005): 32
- Monson, (Lord)
- Christie's, London: June 9, 1851, lot 191
Comments: BOTH VERSIONS OF THIS SUBJECT ARE NOT QUITE CORRESPONDING TO THE ORIGINAL DRAWING

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