Description: MEZENTIUS WEEPING OVER THE DEAD BODY OF LAUSUS [SWEARING TO REVENGE HIM]
Inscription Greek: ΚΡΩΜΟΥ
Signature: KROMOS
Last Recorded Collection: Unknown
Previous Collections:
Catalogue des pierres gravées antiques de S.A. le Prince Stanislas Poniatowski ([1830?]-1833): VII.69
Christie's, London: 1839-1147
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): 1143
Monson, (Lord)
Christie's, London: June 9, 1851, lot 83
Christie's, London: 27.06.1854; lot 147
Comments: SEVERAL OF THE MONSON GEMS APPEAR IN THE 1851 AND THE 1854 SALE. THEY PROBABLY DIDN'T SELL THE FIRST TIME.
