Description: ACHELOUS VANQUISHED BY HERCULES [HERCULES TEARING OFF THE HORN OF ACHELOUS]
Inscription Greek: ΚΡΟΜΟΥ
Signature: KROMOS
Literary Source Record: Ovid
Last Recorded Collection: Unknown
Previous Collections:
Catalogue des pierres gravées antiques de S.A. le Prince Stanislas Poniatowski ([1830?]-1833): II.296
Christie's, London: 1839-1547
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): 408
Catalogue of A Rare Collection of Antique and Medieval Gems, (...) for the Charity Organization Society (...) of NY; Tiffany, 10.-16.3.1902: lot 1006
Comments: PRENDEVILLE: 'THE PERSONIFIED RIVER IS HOLDING AN OAR, AND NEAR HIM IS THE URN WHENCE FLOWS THE SPRING...'
