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Pyramus and Thisbe
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Pyramus and Thisbe

anonymous · c. 1550 - c. 1650 · etching; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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In a landscape, the dead Pyramus lies beside a fountain. He killed himself after finding a veil smeared with blood from his beloved Thisbe, assuming she was dead. Thisbe finds the corpse of her beloved and throws herself upon Pyramus's sword.

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Credit linePyramus en Thisbe. c. 1550 - c. 1650. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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