Thisbe's Suicide by the Body Pyramus
1650
From the collection of Statens Museum for Kunst
Dominant colour
1650
From the collection of Statens Museum for Kunst
Dominant colour
Thisbe's Suicide by the Body Pyramus is a 1650 by Unknown, held at Statens Museum for Kunst.
A woman kneels in a dim room, her head bowed over a prone man on the floor. She wears a loose dress and a headscarf, her posture tense. Outside the window, a small town sits under a cloudy sky, with bare trees and a distant tower. The scene looks staged, like a moment frozen in a story. The lighting is dramatic, with dark shadows and bright spots on the figures. This style is called *chiaroscuro*.
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