T423, HERCULES, AFTER OVERTHROWING CACUS, SEIZES HIM WITH SUCH FORCE BY THE THROAT, THAT HE STRANGLES HIM. THE HANDS OF CACUS ARE FORMED LIKE CLAWS, TO INDICATE HIS RAPACITY. CORRIGENDA: HERCULES GRIPPING THE THROAT OF CACUS, WHO DISCHARGES VOLUMES OF FIRE AND SMOKE
Description: HERCULES, AFTER OVERTHROWING CACUS, SEIZES HIM WITH SUCH FORCE BY THE THROAT, THAT HE STRANGLES HIM. THE HANDS OF CACUS ARE FORMED LIKE CLAWS, TO INDICATE HIS RAPACITY. CORRIGENDA: HERCULES GRIPPING THE THROAT OF CACUS, WHO DISCHARGES VOLUMES OF FIRE AND SMOKE
Inscription Greek: ΚΡΟΜΟΥ
Signature: Kromos
Last Recorded Collection: Bonhams, London: 19th of September 2012, lot 23
Previous Collections:
Catalogue des pierres gravées antiques de S.A. le Prince Stanislas Poniatowski ([1830?]-1833): II.316
Christie's, London: 1839-2302
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): 423
