Description: HECTOR BREAKING OPEN THE GATE OF THE GRECIAN FORTIFICATIONS [HURLING A STONE AT THE GATE]
Inscription Greek: ΔΙΟΣΚΟΥΡΙΔΟΥ
Signature: DIOSKOURIDES
Literary Source Record: Homer, Iliad
Last Recorded Collection: Private Collection: Set by Taffin jewelry
Previous Collections:
Catalogue des pierres gravées antiques de S.A. le Prince Stanislas Poniatowski ([1830?]-1833): V.330
Christie's, London: 1839-1272
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): 930
Comments: SEE ALSO 1839-1313. SET NOW BY TAFFIN JEWELRY.
