T137, MINERVA HAVING SHEWN PALLAS THE HEAD OF MEDUSA, HE WAS IMMEDIATELY TURNED TO STONE. DEMASTOR, THE COMPANION OF PALLAS, AND FIERCE AS HE, RAISED HIM FROM THE EARTH, AND HURLED HIM AT THE GODS
Description: MINERVA HAVING SHEWN PALLAS THE HEAD OF MEDUSA, HE WAS IMMEDIATELY TURNED TO STONE. DEMASTOR, THE COMPANION OF PALLAS, AND FIERCE AS HE, RAISED HIM FROM THE EARTH, AND HURLED HIM AT THE GODS
Inscription Greek: ΚΡΟΜΟΥ
Signature: Kromos
Last Recorded Collection: Unknown
Previous Collections:
Catalogue des pierres gravées antiques de S.A. le Prince Stanislas Poniatowski ([1830?]-1833): I.208
Christie's, London: 1839-950
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): 137
Monson, (Lord)
Christie's, London: June 9, 1851, lot 53
The Wellington Gems (1977) [London, Market, S.J. Phillips]: 419.7
Comments: SET IN AN AMETHYST NECKLACE WITH TWELVE CAMEOS AND INTAGLIOS
