An early 19th century sardonyx intaglio depicting the family of Aeneas quitting Troy

An early 19th century sardonyx intaglio depicting the family of Aeneas quitting Troy, Aeneas carrying Anchises and followed by Creusa and Ascanthus fleeing from the flames of Troy, with Greek pseudo signature for Euodos, 3.9cm wide, in a gold brooch frame with pellet decoration, 5.5cm wide

Provenance: Believed to have been from the collection of Prince Stanislas Poniatowski

References:

Beazley Archive reference number: T1099

Previously sold Christie's, London: 1839 - 1148

Previously sold Christie's, London: 1854; lot 148

Previously sold Market: Kunsthaus Lempertz, May 14th 2018

Catalogue des pierres graves antiques de S.A. le Prince Stanislas Poniatowski ([1830?]-1833): VII.18

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): 1099

Believed to have been in the collection of Lord Monson.

Relevant information and images are available in The Beazley Archive database, The Ashmolean, Oxford.