T967, APOLLO PREVENTING THE SUICIDE OF ORESTES [WHO IS ABOUT TO PLUNGE HIS SWORD INTO THE SIDE TO EXECUTE THE DECREE OF THE ARGIVES]

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Record Number: 40001006
Sub-database: Poniatowski
Reference Number: T967
Material of Original Gem: Sardonyx
Description: APOLLO PREVENTING THE SUICIDE OF ORESTES [WHO IS ABOUT TO PLUNGE HIS SWORD INTO THE SIDE TO EXECUTE THE DECREE OF THE ARGIVES]
Inscription Greek: ΓΝΑΙΟΣ
Signature: Gnaios
Last Recorded Collection: Victoria and Albert Museum, London: 939-1853
Previous Collections:
- Catalogue des pierres gravées antiques de S.A. le Prince Stanislas Poniatowski ([1830?]-1833): V.389
- Christie's, London: 1839-791
- 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): 967
- Monson, (Lord)
- Christie's, London: 1853-17
- Daktyliothek Poniatowski 1832, Antikensammlung Berlin: 246
Comments: SET IN GOLD FILIGREE MOUNT. WITH A LINE OF BLACK ENAMEL. 25X36, 16X22.

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