T842, ACHILLES RECEIVING ULYSSES, WHO WAS AT THE HEAD OF THE AMBASSADORS FROM AGAMEMNON, SENT TO DEPRECATE HIS WRATH [ULYSSES ACCOMPANIED BY PHOENIX AND AJAX PRESENTING THEMSELVES IN THE THESSALIAN CAMP BEFORE ACHILLES, WHO HOLDS A LYRE TAKEN AT THE SACKING OF AETION IN HIS HAND, PATROCLUS SEATED BEHIND HIM; ULYSSES IS ADVANCING IN A PURSUASIVE ATTITUDE TO APPEASE THE ANGER OF ACHILLES]
Description: ACHILLES RECEIVING ULYSSES, WHO WAS AT THE HEAD OF THE AMBASSADORS FROM AGAMEMNON, SENT TO DEPRECATE HIS WRATH [ULYSSES ACCOMPANIED BY PHOENIX AND AJAX PRESENTING THEMSELVES IN THE THESSALIAN CAMP BEFORE ACHILLES, WHO HOLDS A LYRE TAKEN AT THE SACKING OF AETION IN HIS HAND, PATROCLUS SEATED BEHIND HIM; ULYSSES IS ADVANCING IN A PURSUASIVE ATTITUDE TO APPEASE THE ANGER OF ACHILLES]
Inscription Greek: ΑΛΚΕΟΥ
Signature: Alkeos
Last Recorded Collection: 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): 842
Previous Collections:
Catalogue des pierres gravées antiques de S.A. le Prince Stanislas Poniatowski ([1830?]-1833): V.139
