T50, DANAE RECEIVING THE SHOWER OF GOLD. JUPITER IN LOVE WITH DANAE, DAUGHTER OF ACRISIUS, KING OF ARGOS, TRANSFORMING HIMSELF TO A SHOWER OF GOLD, PENETRATES THE BRAZEN TOWER IN WHICH DANAE IS CONFINED BY HER FATHER, AND SHE BECOMES THE MOTHER OF PERSEUS

Record Number: 40000079
Sub-database: Poniatowski
Reference Number: T50
Material of Original Gem: Sardonyx
Description: DANAE RECEIVING THE SHOWER OF GOLD. JUPITER IN LOVE WITH DANAE, DAUGHTER OF ACRISIUS, KING OF ARGOS, TRANSFORMING HIMSELF TO A SHOWER OF GOLD, PENETRATES THE BRAZEN TOWER IN WHICH DANAE IS CONFINED BY HER FATHER, AND SHE BECOMES THE MOTHER OF PERSEUS
Inscription Greek: ΔΙΟΣΚΟΥΡΙΔΟΥ
Signature: Dioskourides
Literary Source Record: Horace
Ovid, Metam.
Sophocles, Antigone
Last Recorded Collection: Paris, Cabinet des médailles, Bibliothèque nationale de France: H2868, inv 366
Previous Collections:
- Catalogue des pierres gravées antiques de S.A. le Prince Stanislas Poniatowski ([1830?]-1833): I.70
- Christie's, London: 1839-2024
- 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): 50
- Seguin, (Jean-Charles)

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