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Thisbe flees from the lioness
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Thisbe flees from the lioness

1615 · engraving; paper

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

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Thisbe waited at a spring for her beloved Pyramus. Suddenly a lioness appeared, whereupon Thisbe fled and left her veil behind. In the lower margin a four-line explanation, in two columns, in Latin.

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Credit lineThisbe vlucht voor de leeuwin. 1615. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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