Thisbe Frightened by the Lion
c. 1615
Publisher, Flemish, 1574/1575 - after 1655

Artwork overview
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Medium
engraving on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sheet: 18.5 x 26 cm (7 5/16 x 10 1/4 in.) cut to platemark
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Accession
2011.139.135
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Catalogue Raisonné
New Hollstein 1996, no. 580, State i/ii
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Dr. Edward Peart, London (1756 or 1758 - 1826) (Lugt 892). Leo Steinberg [1920-2011], New York; gift to NGA 2011.
Associated Names
Bibliography
1949
Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. German engravings, etchings and woodcuts ca. 1400-1700. 8 vols. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1954-1868. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger: 556
1993
The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-: no. 580, i/ii.
Inscriptions
in plate, lower center: H. G. inv. R'd Baud ex; in plate, along lower edge: Thisbe redi, bon Thisbe redi, nocturna quid exis / Sola dono? dubieq audes te credere sylve? Ni facias, Pijrami nigrescat sanguine Morus, Tuq comes, lethi que Causa, miserrima, fies. / G. Rijckius
Wikidata ID
Q76559394