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T48, JUPITER, ENAMOURED OF ELARA, DAUGHTER OF ORCHOMENOS, KING OF BOEOTIA, TO CONCEAL HER FROM THE WATCHFULNESS OF JUNO, SECRETS HER IN A DEEP CAVE, WHERE SHE BECOMES THE MOTHER OF THE GIANT TITYUS

  • Record Number: 40000077
  • Sub-database: Poniatowski
  • Reference Number: T48
  • Material of Original Gem: Amethyst
  • Description: JUPITER, ENAMOURED OF ELARA, DAUGHTER OF ORCHOMENOS, KING OF BOEOTIA, TO CONCEAL HER FROM THE WATCHFULNESS OF JUNO, SECRETS HER IN A DEEP CAVE, WHERE SHE BECOMES THE MOTHER OF THE GIANT TITYUS
  • Inscription Greek: ΑΠΟΛΛΟΝΙΔΟΥ
  • Signature: Apollonides
  • Last Recorded Collection: Unknown
  • Previous Collections:
    • Catalogue des pierres gravĂ©es antiques de S.A. le Prince Stanislas Poniatowski ([1830?]-1833): I.67
    • Christie's, London: 1839-2186
    • 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): 48
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