Plate with Pyramus and Thisbe

Artist Casa-Pirota Workshop (Faenza) (Italian, ca. 1520)

Place of OriginItaly, probably Faenza

Dateabout 1520-1525

Dimensions3 × 16 5/8 in. (7.6 × 42.2 cm)

Mediumtin-glazed earthenware

ClassificationCeramics

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1969.283

On View

Toledo Museum of Art (2445 Monroe Street), Gallery, 19

DescriptionTin-glazed earthenware, known as maiolica.

Label TextLike Romeo and Juliet, secret lovers Pyramus and Thisbe meet a tragic end. Pyramus stabs himself when he believes Thisbe has been killed by a lion. Finding her lover dying, Thisbe throws herself on his sword while Cupid (?) looks on.Published ReferencesToledo Museum of Art, Toledo Museum of Art Masterworks, Toledo, 2009, p. 129, repr. (col.).Exhibition HistoryToledo, Toledo Museum of Art, Shakespeare's Characters: Playing the Part, September 2, 2016-January 8, 2017.