T251, GALATEA, THE SEA-NYMPH, ESCAPING FROM POLYPHEMUS, WHO HAS CRUSHED HER LOVER ACIS [POLYPHEMUS, SEATED ON A ROCK, CASTING A STONE AT ACIS]
Record Number: 40000282Sub-database: Poniatowski Reference Number: T251Material of Original Gem: CornelianDescription: GALATEA, THE SEA-NYMPH, ESCAPING FROM POLYPHEMUS, WHO HAS CRUSHED HER LOVER ACIS [POLYPHEMUS, SEATED ON A ROCK, CASTING A STONE AT ACIS]Inscription Greek: ΚΡΟΜΟΥSignature: KromosLast Recorded Collection: UnknownPrevious Collections: Catalogue des pierres gravĂ©es antiques de S.A. le Prince Stanislas Poniatowski ([1830?]-1833): II.13 Christie's, London: 1839-357 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): 251 Monson, (Lord) Christie's, London: June 9, 1851, lot 13
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