T806, JUNO PERSUADING THE GENIUS OF SLEEP TO SHED HIS INFLUENCE OVER JUPITER [SHE IS SHOWING THE CESTUS OF VENUS TO HIM, AN ELEGANT WINGED FIGURE SITTING ON A ROCK, WHOM THE GODDESSS IS INVITING TO ACCOMPANY HER TO MOUNT IDA, TO USE HIS LULLING POWER OVER JUPITER; JUNO, WITH UPLIFTED ARM, IS URGING HER REQUEST, AND PROMISING PASITHEA AS THE REWARD OF COMPLIANCE]
Description: JUNO PERSUADING THE GENIUS OF SLEEP TO SHED HIS INFLUENCE OVER JUPITER [SHE IS SHOWING THE CESTUS OF VENUS TO HIM, AN ELEGANT WINGED FIGURE SITTING ON A ROCK, WHOM THE GODDESSS IS INVITING TO ACCOMPANY HER TO MOUNT IDA, TO USE HIS LULLING POWER OVER JUPITER; JUNO, WITH UPLIFTED ARM, IS URGING HER REQUEST, AND PROMISING PASITHEA AS THE REWARD OF COMPLIANCE]
Inscription Greek: ΑΔΜΟΝ
Signature: Admon
Last Recorded Collection: Unknown
Previous Collections:
Catalogue des pierres gravées antiques de S.A. le Prince Stanislas Poniatowski ([1830?]-1833): V.87
Christie's, London: 1839-2367
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): 806
Monson, (Lord)
Christie's, London: June 9, 1851, lot 215
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