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T1200, DROMEUS VICTOR IN THE FOOT-RACE

  • Record Number: 40001247
  • Sub-database: PONIATOWSKI
  • Reference Number: T1200
  • Material of Original Gem: CORNELIAN
  • Description: DROMEUS VICTOR IN THE FOOT-RACE
  • Inscription Greek: ΠΥΡΓΟΤΕΛΕΣ
  • Signature: PYRGOTELES
  • Literary Source Record: Pausanias
  • 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): 1200
  • Previous Collections:
    • Christie's, London: 1839
  • Comments: THE SIGNATURE IS NOT VISIBLE ON THE IMPRESSION OR THE ORIGINAL. PRENDEVILLE FURTHER DESCRIBES ‘HE IS HERE REPRESENTED HOLDING A GARLAND BEFORE THE STATUE OF MINERVA’ P.772. THE SUBJECT IS AFTER PAUSANIAS, BOOK VI. C.7.
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Last updated 01/03/2026 16:28:00 by Parker, Greg. Copyright © 2003-2026 Classical Art Research Centre, University of Oxford.

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