T862, ACHILLES [ARMED WITH SWORD AND SHIELD] SLAYING LYCAON [WHO IS UNARMED BEFORE HIM SUPPLICATING HIS MERCY]

Record Number: 40000898
Sub-database: Poniatowski
Reference Number: T862
Material of Original Gem: Cornelian
Description: ACHILLES [ARMED WITH SWORD AND SHIELD] SLAYING LYCAON [WHO IS UNARMED BEFORE HIM SUPPLICATING HIS MERCY]
Inscription Greek: ΑΛΦΕΟΣ
Signature: Alpheos
Attributed To:
Literary Source Record: Homer, Iliad
Homer, Ilias; transl. J.H.Voss (1793)
Last Recorded Collection: Unknown
Previous Collections:
- Catalogue des pierres gravées antiques de S.A. le Prince Stanislas Poniatowski ([1830?]-1833): V.171
- Christie's, London: 1839-656
- 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): 862
- Calandrelli drawing, Antikensammlung Berlin: A.III.31
- Platz-Horster,G.: L'antica maniera. Zeichnungen und Gemmen des Giovanni Calandrelli in der Antikensammlung Berlin (2005): P.65
- Monson, (Lord)
- Christie's, London: June 9, 1851, lot 133 and lot 284
- Sharp, (Samuel)
- Sotheby's, London: 5 April 1883: lot 79

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