T533, MELEAGER, SWORD IN HAND, ATTACKING THE TWO BROTHERS OF ALTHAEA, WHO HAD CARRIED OFF THE BOAR'S HEAD FROM ATALANTA, KILLS THEM [ONE OF THE SONS OF ATREUS HAS SEIZED ATALANTA BY THE SHOULDER]

Record Number: 40000562
Sub-database: Poniatowski
Reference Number: T533
Material of Original Gem: Cornelian
Description: MELEAGER, SWORD IN HAND, ATTACKING THE TWO BROTHERS OF ALTHAEA, WHO HAD CARRIED OFF THE BOAR'S HEAD FROM ATALANTA, KILLS THEM [ONE OF THE SONS OF ATREUS HAS SEIZED ATALANTA BY THE SHOULDER]
Inscription Greek: ΓΝΑΙΟΣ
Signature: Gnaios
Last Recorded Collection: Unknown
Previous Collections:
- Catalogue des pierres gravées antiques de S.A. le Prince Stanislas Poniatowski ([1830?]-1833): IV.88
- Christie's, London: 1839-776
- Daktyliothek Poniatowski 1832, Antikensammlung Berlin: 146
- Monson, (Lord)
- 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): 533
- Christie's, London: June 9, 1851, lot 31
- Sharp, (Samuel)
- Sotheby's, London: 5 April 1883: lot 18
- Antichità Alberto Di Castro, Rome

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