Thisbe an der Leiche des Pyramus, in der Rahmung links Daphne mit dem Amorknaben, rechts Apollo, vom Pfeile Amors getroffen, oben und unten Putten

Title

Thisbe an der Leiche des Pyramus, in der Rahmung links Daphne mit dem Amorknaben, rechts Apollo, vom Pfeile Amors getroffen, oben und unten Putten

Draughtsman

• Christoph Murer

Period Produced

• 16th century

School

• Renaissance

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• gouache
• paper

Technique

• pen drawing
• brush drawing
• washing
• white heightening

Geographic Reference

• Swiss

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing
• torn disc

Watermark

• Nicht geprüft

Institution

• Städel Museum

Administration

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Acquisition

Acquired in 1895

Genre

• historical narration
• mythological representation

Persons Shown

• Thisbe
• Pyramus
• Daphne
• Cupid
• Apollo

Primary

• 95A(PYRAMUS & THISBE)241 Thisbe kills herself with Pyramus' sword (the scene may be represented near a fountain)
• 92L32(...) single named nymphs (with NAME)
• 92B325 Apollo pursuing the nymph Daphne (as yet not metamorphosed)

Historic Attribution

• Tobias Stimmer draughtsman