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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 gravĂ©es antiques de S.A. le Prince Stanislas Poniatowski ([1830?]-1833): I.148
    • Christie's, London: 1839-2036
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