T782, AGAMEMNON IN THE TENT OF NESTOR [AGAMEMNON, AFTER THE RETREAT OF THE GREEKS, CONSULTING NESTOR, WHO IS RAISING HIMSELF FROM HIS COUCH, AT THE HEAD OF WHICH ARE HIS HELMET, SHIELD AND SPEAR THE KING OF PYLOS IS STRETCHING FORTH HIS HAND TO GREET AGAMEMNON]
Description: AGAMEMNON IN THE TENT OF NESTOR [AGAMEMNON, AFTER THE RETREAT OF THE GREEKS, CONSULTING NESTOR, WHO IS RAISING HIMSELF FROM HIS COUCH, AT THE HEAD OF WHICH ARE HIS HELMET, SHIELD AND SPEAR THE KING OF PYLOS IS STRETCHING FORTH HIS HAND TO GREET AGAMEMNON]
Inscription Greek: ΚΡΟΜΟΥ
Signature: Kromos
Last Recorded Collection: Museum of Fine Arts, Utah: 1952.142
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): 782
Christie's, London: June 9, 1851, lot 115
Christie's, London: 27.06.1854; lot 102
Comments: Several of the Monson gems appear in the 1851 and the 1854 sale. They probably didn't sell the first time.