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Thisbe Fleeing from a Lion
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Thisbe looks fearfully at a lion, which is wandering near the spring where she was to meet Pyramus. Below the image, two sets of two lines of Latin text. This print is part of a series of 52 prints depicting stories from Ovid's Metamorphoses. The series is divided into three numbered sets: two sets of 20 prints and one set of 12 prints. This print belongs to the third set.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineThisbe vlucht voor een leeuw. 1615. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
