T535, ALTHAEA DESTROYING THE BRAND ON WHICH THE LIFE OF HER SON MELEAGER DEPENDED [MELEAGER IS FALLING BACKWARDS IN THE AGONIES OF DEATH SHE HAS HER FACE AVERTED FROM THE FIRE]
Description: ALTHAEA DESTROYING THE BRAND ON WHICH THE LIFE OF HER SON MELEAGER DEPENDED [MELEAGER IS FALLING BACKWARDS IN THE AGONIES OF DEATH SHE HAS HER FACE AVERTED FROM THE FIRE]
Inscription Greek: ΑΜΦΙΟΝΟΣ
Signature: Amphion
Attributed To:
Literary Source Record: Ovid, Metam.
Last Recorded Collection: Private Collection: this version is without the inscription, possibly the real Poniatowski gem
Previous Collections:
Catalogue des pierres gravées antiques de S.A. le Prince Stanislas Poniatowski ([1830?]-1833): IV.90
Christie's, London: 1839-497
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): 535
