Pyramus and Thisbe
Philips Galle
(Netherlandish, 1537–1612)
Maarten van Heemskerck
(Netherlandish, 1498–1574)
about 1569
Medium/TechniqueEngraving
DimensionsPlatemark: 17 × 32.2 cm (6 11/16 × 12 11/16 in.)
Sheet: 27.1 × 37 cm (10 11/16 × 14 9/16 in.)
Sheet: 27.1 × 37 cm (10 11/16 × 14 9/16 in.)
Credit LineStephen Bullard Memorial Fund
Accession number2022.65
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsIn plate, at lower right: Martinus Heemskerck inventor
In plate, at lower right: Philippus Galle fecit.
In plate, at lower center: Pyramus incumbens ferro, et Babilonia Thisbe, | Candida purpureo sunguine mora notant.ProvenanceJanuary 1997, sold by Helmut Rumbler (dealer), Frankfurt, to the Hearn Family Trust, New York; consigned by the Hearn Family Trust to Susan Schulman Fine Art, Inc., New York; 2022, sold by Susan Schulman Fine Art to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 16, 2022)
Philips Galle
Philips Galle
Philips Galle
Philips Galle