Description: HERCULES CHAINING DEATH (TO DELIVER ALCESTIS,WIFE OF ADMETUS) [HERCULES SEIZING FROM HIPPOLYTA HER GIRDLE, A FEMALE ATTENDANT BEHIND HIM]
Inscription Greek: ΑΠΟΛΛΟΝΙΔΕΣ ΑΘΕΝΑΙΟΣ ΕΠΟΙΕΙ
Signature: Apollonides Athenaios
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): 1839
Previous Collections:
Catalogue des pierres gravées antiques de S.A. le Prince Stanislas Poniatowski ([1830?]-1833): II.331
