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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]

  • Reference Number: T535
  • 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
  • Literary Source Record: Ovid, Metam.
  • Current Collection: Private Collection
  • Previous Collections:
    • Catalogue des pierres graves antiques de S.A. le Prince Stanislas Poniatowski ([1830?]-1833)
    • Christie's, London
    • 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)
    • Calandrelli drawing, Antikensammlung Berlin
    • Platz-Horster,G.: L'antica maniera. Zeichnungen und Gemmen des Giovanni Calandrelli in der Antikensammlung Berlin (2005)
    • Monson, (Lord)
    • Christie's, London
  • Material: Cornelian
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