T96, PROSERPINE, IN A CAR DRAWN BY DRAGONS, HAVING DISCOVERED THE NYMPH MINTHE [MENTHE] HOLDING AMOROUS INTERCOURSE WITH PLUTO, METAMORPHOSES HER INTO A PLANT CALLED MINT

Record Number: 40000125
Sub-database: Poniatowski
Reference Number: T96
Material of Original Gem: Sardonyx
Description: PROSERPINE, IN A CAR DRAWN BY DRAGONS, HAVING DISCOVERED THE NYMPH MINTHE [MENTHE] HOLDING AMOROUS INTERCOURSE WITH PLUTO, METAMORPHOSES HER INTO A PLANT CALLED MINT
Inscription Greek: ΓΝΑΙΟΣ
Signature: Gnaios
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): 96
Previous Collections:
- Catalogue des pierres gravées antiques de S.A. le Prince Stanislas Poniatowski ([1830?]-1833): I.148
- Christie's, London: 1839-2036

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