T941, PRIAM [WITH HECUBA] PRAYING TO JUPITER FOR THE SUCCESS OF HIS MISSION TO ACHILLES [BY THE SIDE OF THE CHARIOT FILLED WITH OFFERINGS TO JUPITER, TO WHOM THE KING IS POURING A LIBATION; AND ENTREATING A FAVOURABLE AUGURY, WHICH IS ANSWERED BY THE APPEARANCE OF AN EAGLE; THE HERALD IDEUS STANDS BEFORE THE HORSES]
Description: PRIAM [WITH HECUBA] PRAYING TO JUPITER FOR THE SUCCESS OF HIS MISSION TO ACHILLES [BY THE SIDE OF THE CHARIOT FILLED WITH OFFERINGS TO JUPITER, TO WHOM THE KING IS POURING A LIBATION; AND ENTREATING A FAVOURABLE AUGURY, WHICH IS ANSWERED BY THE APPEARANCE OF AN EAGLE; THE HERALD IDEUS STANDS BEFORE THE HORSES]
Inscription Greek: ΠΟΛΥΚΛΕΙΤΟΥ
Signature: Polyklet
Last Recorded Collection: 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): 941
Previous Collections:
Catalogue des pierres gravées antiques de S.A. le Prince Stanislas Poniatowski ([1830?]-1833): V.347
