T787, MENELAUS DEFENDING THE DEAD BODY OF PATROCLUS [IS COMBATING EUPHORBUS, WHOSE THROAT THE SON OF ATREUS IS PIERCING WITH HIS SPEAR THE SWORD OF THE TROJAN HAS JUST FALLEN FROM HIS HAND]
Description: MENELAUS DEFENDING THE DEAD BODY OF PATROCLUS [IS COMBATING EUPHORBUS, WHOSE THROAT THE SON OF ATREUS IS PIERCING WITH HIS SPEAR THE SWORD OF THE TROJAN HAS JUST FALLEN FROM HIS HAND]
Inscription Greek: ΣΟΛΩΝΟΣ
Signature: Solon
Last Recorded Collection: Unknown
Previous Collections:
Catalogue des pierres gravées antiques de S.A. le Prince Stanislas Poniatowski ([1830?]-1833): V.64
Christie's, London: 1839-809
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): 787
