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Pyramus and Thisbe
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Pyramus and Thisbe

Monogrammist HL (1543) · 1543 · engraving; paper

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

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Thisbe finds her beloved Pyramus dying by a well. He has just stabbed his sword into his own chest, after seeing her bloodied cloak in the claws of a lion.

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Credit linePyramus en Thisbe. 1543. Monogrammist HL (1543). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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