Melencolia I (5036213885)

Alternate Title(s):

Melancholia

Uniform Title(s):

Melencolia I Author(s): Dürer, Albrecht, 1471-1528, artist

Publication:

[Germany : s.n.], 1514

Language(s):

German

Format:

Still image

Subject(s):

Depressive Disorder

Genre(s):

Pictorial Works

Abstract:

Print shows a winged woman representing melancholy in the sense of an artist's spiritual self-portrait. She is surrounded by many symbolic figures and objects, including a bat carrying the inscription "Melencolia I" below a rainbow; a large stone, ladder, hourglass, bell, and magic square; carpenter's tools and a sleeping dog; and a small putto with a notebook and ink well. (Source: Panofsky.)

Extent:

1 print : image 25 x 19 cm., on mount 56 x 40 cm.

Provenance:

Purchase; 1967.

Technique:

engraving

NLM Unique ID:

101393159

NLM Image ID:

A021517

Permanent Link:

http://101393159

images from the united states national library of medicine melencolia i by albrecht durer high resolution

1528

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