T1087, VENUS CONVEYING ASCANIUS TO CYPRUS [THE GODDESS HOLDS THE SON OF AENEAS, WHO IS SLEEPING IN HER ARMS CUPID WITH A BUNCH OF POPPIES AND A PAIR OF DOVES]

Record Number: 40001125
Sub-database: PONIATOWSKI
Reference Number: T1087
Material of Original Gem: CORNELIAN
Description: VENUS CONVEYING ASCANIUS TO CYPRUS [THE GODDESS HOLDS THE SON OF AENEAS, WHO IS SLEEPING IN HER ARMS CUPID WITH A BUNCH OF POPPIES AND A PAIR OF DOVES]
Inscription Greek: ΓΝΑΙΟΣ
Signature: GNAIOS
Last Recorded Collection: Unknown
Previous Collections:
- Catalogue des pierres gravées antiques de S.A. le Prince Stanislas Poniatowski ([1830?]-1833): VII.10
- Daktyliothek Poniatowski 1832, Antikensammlung Berlin: 277
- Christie's, London: 1839-690
- 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): 1087
- Monson, (Lord)
- Christie's, London: June 9, 1851, lot 78

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