id: 127737
accession number: 1950.396
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Pyramus and Thisbe, c. 1510. Hans Wechtlin (German, 1480/85–after 1526). Chiaroscuro woodcut; The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1950.396
title: Pyramus and Thisbe
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creation date: c. 1510
creation date earliest: 1505
creation date latest: 1515
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creditline: John L. Severance Fund
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culture: Germany, 16th century
technique: chiaroscuro woodcut
department: Prints
collection: PR - Chiaroscuro
type: Print
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catalogue raisonne: Geisberg IV,p.1457
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CREATORS
* Hans Wechtlin (German, 1480/85–after 1526) - artist
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: 35th Anniversary Exhibition
opening date: 1951-06-20T04:00:00
35th Anniversary Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 20-September 30, 1951).
title: Prints 1400-1800
opening date: 1956-12-18T05:00:00
Prints 1400-1800. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (December 18, 1956-January 10, 1957); The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL (February 1-March 3, 1957); Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN (November 1-December 1, 1957).
title: Department of Prints and Drawings Opening Exhibition
opening date: 1958-03-03T05:00:00
Department of Prints and Drawings Opening Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (March 3, 1958-October 11, 1959).
title: Prints and Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art Collection
opening date: 1965-05-06T04:00:00
Prints and Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 6-September 9, 1965).
title: Old Master Prints and Drawings
opening date: 1966-07-29T04:00:00
Old Master Prints and Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 29, 1966-April 1, 1967).
title: Printing in Color
opening date: 1985-09-10T04:00:00
Printing in Color. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 10-November 17, 1985).
title: Albrecht Dürer and His Influence
opening date: 1991-01-16T05:00:00
Albrecht Dürer and His Influence. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 16-March 10, 1991).
title: Against the Grain: Woodcuts from the Collection
opening date: 2003-08-17T00:00:00
Against the Grain: Woodcuts from the Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 17-November 9, 2003).
title: Gods and Heroes: Ancient Legends in Renaissance Art
opening date: 2017-08-26T04:00:00
Gods and Heroes: Ancient Legends in Renaissance Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (August 26-December 31, 2017).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
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PROVENANCE
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In Metamorphoses, written by the Roman poet Ovid (43 BC–AD 17), the parents of Pyramus and Thisbe forbid them to marry, so the young lovers conspire to meet at a mulberry tree beside a spring. Thisbe arrives first, but flees when she sees a lion fresh from a kill. She accidentally drops her veil, which the lion bloodies while playing with it. When Pyramus arrives, he finds the bloody veil, falsely concludes that Thisbe had been killed, and plunges his sword into his side. Here, Thisbe discovers her dead lover. Wechtlin borrowed the figures of the star-crossed lovers from an engraving by Marcantonio Raimondi, but changed the natural spring into an ornamental fountain topped with a statue of cupid.
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 648
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n120
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
page number: Reproduced: p. 110
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n134
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
page number: Reproduced: p. 110
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n134
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
page number: Reproduced: p. 126
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n146
Altdorfer, Albrecht, Jiří Fajt, and Susanne Jaeger. Das Expressive in der Kunst 1500-1550: Albrecht Altdorfer und seine Zeitgenossen.
Berlin : Deutscher Kunstverlag, 2018.
page number: Mentioned: p. 33; reproduced: p. 34, abb. 10
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