T56, MERCURY, BY ORDER OF JUPITER, HAVING SENT ARGUS TO SLEEP WITH THE SOUND OF HIS LYRE, CUT OFF HIS HAND WITH THE HERPE, AND CARRIED OFF THE HEIFER IO [TIED TO A TREE]
- Reference Number: T56
- Description: MERCURY, BY ORDER OF JUPITER, HAVING SENT ARGUS TO SLEEP WITH THE SOUND OF HIS LYRE, CUT OFF HIS HAND WITH THE HERPE, AND CARRIED OFF THE HEIFER IO [TIED TO A TREE]
- Inscription Greek: ΚΡΟΜΟΥ
- Signature: Kromos
- Literary Source Record: Ovid, Metam.
- Current Collection: Unknown
- Previous Collections:
- Catalogue des pierres graves antiques de S.A. le Prince Stanislas Poniatowski ([1830?]-1833)
- Christie's, London
- 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)
- Material: Sardonyx
- Comments: 2ND PICTURE: GLASS PASTE BY Chavdar Chushev
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