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Pyramus and Thisbe: AD.5.22-49

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Pyramus and Thisbe

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Altdorfer, Albrecht

Entities

Categories

Measurements and weight

Height: 120 mm
Width: 96 mm

Relative size of this object

9.6 m12 m What does this represent?

Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Transferred (1876) by Cambridge University Library

Dating

Production date: AD 1518 : Dated 1518

School or Style

German

People, subjects and objects depicted

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of paper ( chainlines horizontal ?24mm, felt side. W/m central – serpent curled round a staff.)

Techniques used in production

Woodcut

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: 1518
  • Location: Image centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Date
  • Text: AA
  • Location: Image upper right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Monogram

References and bibliographic entries

Related exhibitions

Identification numbers

Accession number: AD.5.22-49
Primary reference Number: 30220
Bartsch: 61
Winzinger: 22
New Hollstein (German): 76
Old location number: 37.1.30b
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 23 September 2022 Last processed: Friday 23 September 2022

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

Citation for print

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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "Pyramus and Thisbe" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/30220 Accessed: 2023-05-29 20:11:18

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