T98, THE INFANT VULCAN, HAVING FALLEN FROM HEAVEN ON THE ISLAND OF LEMNOS, IS SAVED BY THETIS AND THE NYMPH EURONYME

Record Number: 40000127
Sub-database: Poniatowski
Reference Number: T98
Material of Original Gem: Chalcedony
Description: THE INFANT VULCAN, HAVING FALLEN FROM HEAVEN ON THE ISLAND OF LEMNOS, IS SAVED BY THETIS AND THE NYMPH EURONYME
Inscription Greek: ΑΠΟΛΛΟΝΙΔΟΥ
Signature: Apollonides
Attributed To:
Literary Source Record: Homer
Last Recorded Collection: Private Collection
Previous Collections:
- Catalogue des pierres gravées antiques de S.A. le Prince Stanislas Poniatowski ([1830?]-1833): I.151
- Christie's, London: 1839-1261
- 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): 98
- Calandrelli drawing, Antikensammlung Berlin: Z.II.19
- Scarisbrick, (Charles), Esq.
- Christie's, London: May 15, 1861, lot 59
- Platz-Horster,G.: L'antica maniera. Zeichnungen und Gemmen des Giovanni Calandrelli in der Antikensammlung Berlin (2005)
- Bonhams, London: 19th of September 2012, lot 23
Comments: Pierres Gravees: gives oriental cornelian as material, CHRISTIE'S 1839: NO MATERIAL OR INSCRIPTION, SCARISBRICK: CORNELIAN, NO INSCRIPTION; SEE ALSO THE EARLY CALANDRELLI DESIGN - NOT IMPLEMENTED

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