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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