T262, ARIADNE, DAUGHTER OF MINOS KING OF CRETE, WEEPING IN THE ISLE OF NAXOS BECAUSE SHE WAS FORSAKEN BY THESEUS, WHO HAD CARRIED OFF HER SISTER PHAEDRA [ARIADNE ON THE SHORE OF NAXOS ABANDONED BY THESEUS, WHOSE GALLEY IS SEEN AT SEA]
- Reference Number: T262
- Description: ARIADNE, DAUGHTER OF MINOS KING OF CRETE, WEEPING IN THE ISLE OF NAXOS BECAUSE SHE WAS FORSAKEN BY THESEUS, WHO HAD CARRIED OFF HER SISTER PHAEDRA [ARIADNE ON THE SHORE OF NAXOS ABANDONED BY THESEUS, WHOSE GALLEY IS SEEN AT SEA]
- Inscription Greek: ΓΝΑΙΟΣ
- Signature: Gnaios
- Current Collection: Christie's, London
- Previous Collections:
- Catalogue des pierres graves antiques de S.A. le Prince Stanislas Poniatowski ([1830?]-1833)
- Christie's, London
- 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)
- Daktyliothek Poniatowski 1832, Antikensammlung Berlin
- Scarisbrick, (Charles), Esq.
- Material: Amethyst
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