T870, VENUS COMING TO THE AID OF MARS [WHO IS LYING ON THE GROUND, TO WHICH HE HAD BEEN FELLED BY AN ENORMOUS STONE (WHICH IS APTLY EXPRESSED BY A TERMINAL BUST, AS A LAND-MARK), IS DERIDED BY MINERVA; VENUS APPEARS IN THE ACT OF RAISING THE FALLEN GOD BY THE HAND]
Description: VENUS COMING TO THE AID OF MARS [WHO IS LYING ON THE GROUND, TO WHICH HE HAD BEEN FELLED BY AN ENORMOUS STONE (WHICH IS APTLY EXPRESSED BY A TERMINAL BUST, AS A LAND-MARK), IS DERIDED BY MINERVA; VENUS APPEARS IN THE ACT OF RAISING THE FALLEN GOD BY THE HAND]
Inscription Greek: ΚΡΟΜΟΥ
Signature: Kromos
Last Recorded Collection: 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): 870
Previous Collections:
Catalogue des pierres gravées antiques de S.A. le Prince Stanislas Poniatowski ([1830?]-1833): V.181
