Pyramus and Thisbe

ALDEGREVER, Heinrich (Padeborn 1502 - c. 1555).

Pyramus and Thisbe.

Engraving, 1553

114x73 mm.

Signed with monogram and dated on a tablet at lower right. Lettered at upper left: 'Thisbe, ob mortem pyrami sui proci seipsam gladio confodit'.

Provenance: an handwritten graphite inscription on the verso.

Bibliography:

Bartsch VIII.395.102

New Hollstein 102