Description: ALTHAEA EXTINGUISHING THE BRAND AT THE BIRTH OF MELEAGER, ON WHICH DEPENDED THE DURATION OF THE LIFE OF HER INFANT SON MELEAGER
Inscription Greek: ΠΥΡΓΟΤΕΛΕΣ
Signature: Pyrgoteles
Literary Source Record: Gaius Julius Hyginus, Fabulae
Last Recorded Collection: Victoria and Albert Museum, London: 942-1853
Previous Collections:
Catalogue des pierres gravées antiques de S.A. le Prince Stanislas Poniatowski ([1830?]-1833): IV.84
Christie's, London: 1839-1674
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): 529
Monson, (Lord)
Christie's, London: 1853-72
Sharp, (Samuel)
Sotheby's, London: 5 April 1883: lot 4
Comments: SET IN GOLD FILIGREE MOUNT, WITH A LINE OF BLACK ENAMEL. 27X41, 17X26.
