Plate with Pyramus and Thisbe
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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.early 18th century
about 1535-1540
early 17th century
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