Description: APOLLO CONSOLING CYPARISSUS [FOR THE LOSS OF THE STAG, WHICH HE HAD JUST SHOT, AND WHICH IS LYING EXPIRING UNDER A TREE]
Inscription Greek: ΠΥΡΓΟΤΕΛΕΣ
Signature: Pyrgoteles
Last Recorded Collection: New York, Market
Previous Collections:
Catalogue des pierres gravées antiques de S.A. le Prince Stanislas Poniatowski ([1830?]-1833): IV.62
Christie's, London: 1839-2344
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): 513
Monson, (Lord)
Christie's, London: June 9, 1851, lot 212
Private Collection: Tom Swope (New York)
Comments: See also Tom Swope's blog: http://tomswope.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/lost-poniatowski-gem.html
