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Title
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Tisbe se traspasa el pecho con la espada aun caliente con la sangre de Piramo
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Description
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This image depicts the story of Pyramus and Thisbe, two lovers that share a tragic fate. Pyramus and Thisbe were lovers who tried to run away from their homes in order to be with each other. The pair had arranged to meet in the forest, and while Thisbe was on her way to meet Pyramus, she had a close encounter with a lion. The lion stopped to drink at a fountain, as depicted in the engraving. To escape, Thisbe runs as fast as she can into a cave to seek safety. While running away, she drops her cloak on the ground and the lion picks it up with its blood-stained mouth. Pyramus comes to the fountain and sees the blood-stained cloak left by the lioness and assumes that Thisbe had been killed. Pyramus takes his sword and kills himself in grief. Thisbe later returns to see that Pyramus had killed himself, so she takes his sword and kills herself with it as well. Pyramus is depicted dead in this image with the cloak in his left hand and Thisbe is illustrated falling onto Pyramus’ sword.
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Image Creator
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D. José Assensio (Engraver)
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Identifier
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mta:24958
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Source Name
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Metamorfoseos o Transformaciones de Ovidio, Traducidos al Castellano con Algunas Notas Para su Inteligencia, Por Don Francisco Crivell [Metamorphoses or Transformations of Ovid, Translated into Castilian with Notes for your Intelligence, By Don Francisco Crivell]
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Image
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Subject
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Love
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Suicide
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Mythology
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Pyramus and Thisbe
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