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Title
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De Thysbe Babylonia Virgine
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Description
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Thisbe and her forbidden lover, Pyramus, made plans to sneak out to see each other. After finding Thisbe’s cloak smeared with the blood of a lion, he assumed it to be her blood and that she was dead. He laid down on his sword to end his life, and before dying, Thisbe returned to find him almost dead. She, too, decided that she could not live without her lover, so she laid down on top of him and ended her life. They were tricked by fortune. In the photo, Thisbe is discovering her lover who is dying on the ground. In the background, the lion that tricked them is peering at them from behind a tree.
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Image Creator
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Jakob Kallenberg (Engraver)
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Identifier
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mta:18516
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Source Name
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Ioannis Boccatii de Certaldo Insigne Opvs de Claris Mulieribus
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Image
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Subject
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Fortune
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Lions
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Forbidden Love
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Thisbe
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Pyramus
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