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]
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.
Last Recorded Collection: Unknown
Previous Collections:
Catalogue des pierres gravées antiques de S.A. le Prince Stanislas Poniatowski ([1830?]-1833): I.76
Christie's, London: 1839-767
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): 56
Comments: 2ND PICTURE: GLASS PASTE BY CHAVDAR CHUSHEV
