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Pyramus and Thisbe

Heinrich Aldegrever

Pyramus and Thisbe

1552

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Heinrich Aldegrever

Pyramus and Thisbe

1552

Physical Qualities Engraving, Sheet: 116 x 75 mm. (4 9/16 x 2 15/16 in.) Plate: 115 x 74 mm. (4 1/2 x 2 15/16 in.)
Credit Line Garrett Collection
Object Number 1946.112.3264

Inscribed: Recto: in image, lower right, in plate monogram "AG" and "1553"; in image, upper left, in plate "Thisbe, ob mortem pyrami sui proci / seipsam gladio confodit." Verso: lower center, in graphite diamond with "583"

Markings: CM: Claghorn, Garrett

Artist

Heinrich Aldegrever

German, 1502-c. 1555/61
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