Pyramus and Thisbe

Author: Altdorfer, Albrecht

Published: Regensburg

Publishing year: 1515

Altdorfer, Albrecht (1480-1538). "Pyramus and Thisbe". Orig. copperplate engraving, 1515-18. Typographically signed with a monogram 'AA' lower right. 6:4 cm. Printed on handmade paper with margins ca. 0,5 mm.

New Hollstein e.51; Bartsch 44. - Albrecht Altdorfer (1480 - 12 February 1538) was a German painter, engraver and architect of the Renaissance working in Rgensburg, Bavaria. Together with Albrecht Dürer, whose pupil he is considered to be, he is seen as the founder of the Nuremberg Little Masters. - Nice clear impession. Indistinct collector's stamp and a trace of adjustment on verso.

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