T50, DANAE RECEIVING THE SHOWER OF GOLD. JUPITER IN LOVE WITH DANAE, DAUGHTER OF ACRISIUS, KING OF ARGOS, TRANSFORMING HIMSELF TO A SHOWER OF GOLD, PENETRATES THE BRAZEN TOWER IN WHICH DANAE IS CONFINED BY HER FATHER, AND SHE BECOMES THE MOTHER OF PERSEUS
- Reference Number: T50
- Description: DANAE RECEIVING THE SHOWER OF GOLD. JUPITER IN LOVE WITH DANAE, DAUGHTER OF ACRISIUS, KING OF ARGOS, TRANSFORMING HIMSELF TO A SHOWER OF GOLD, PENETRATES THE BRAZEN TOWER IN WHICH DANAE IS CONFINED BY HER FATHER, AND SHE BECOMES THE MOTHER OF PERSEUS
- Inscription Greek: ΔΙΟΣΚΟΥΡΙΔΟΥ
- Signature: Dioskourides
- Literary Source Record: Horace
Ovid, Metam.
Sophocles, Antigone - Current Collection: Paris, Cabinet des medailles, Bibliotheque nationale de France
- 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)
- Seguin, (Jean-Charles)
- Material: Sardonyx
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