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Oil on canvas painting measuring 128 x 107 cm depicting "Pyramus and Thisbe" by Antonio Lagorio (of Genoese origin; active in Parma in the second half of the 17th century). With black and gold lacquered frame. PYRAMUS AND THISBE: (Metamorphoses, VI, 55-166). A young Babylonian couple whose story resembles that of the two unfortunate lovers in Shakespeare's drama. According to Ovid, their marriage was forbidden by their parents, so they agreed to meet secretly one night outside the city walls, near a mulberry tree near a spring. Thisbe arrived at the meeting place first, but while she was waiting, a lioness came to drink at the spring, her mouth still bloody from having just killed her prey. The girl fled and in her haste and fright lost a veil which the beast tore. When Pyramus arrived and found the torn and bloodstained cloth, he thought that Thisbe had been killed. Believing himself responsible for the death of his beloved, he drew his sword and stabbed himself; his blood forever colored the berries of the mulberry tree red. Thisbe returned and, finding her dying lover, threw herself on the sword in turn. The story does not appear in ancient iconography; it was only in the post-Renaissance period that the scene of the death of the two young people began to enjoy considerable favor among artists....(Dictionary of subjects and symbols in art, James Hall, published by Longanesi&C.) SOLD For more information send us an email: galleria@giamblanco.com Go to our main website Follow us on Facebook