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Collections

Albrecht Dürer
Melencolia I1514

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Engraving of a large winged female figure seated amid scattered tools and geometric objects, with a sleeping dog, an hourglass, scales, and a magic square grid, beneath a night sky with a radiant starburst and the inscription 'MELENCOLIA I'
Artist or Maker
Albrecht Dürer
Germany, Nuremberg, 1471-1528
Title
Melencolia I
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
1514
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 9 5/8 × 7 1/2 in. (24.45 × 19.05 cm) Image: 9 1/2 × 7 3/8 in. (24.13 × 18.73 cm)
Credit Line
Mr. and Mrs. Allan C. Balch Collection
Accession Number
M.49.10
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings
Selected Bibliography
  • Bartsch, Adam von. The Illustrated Bartsch. New York: Abaris Books, 1978.
  • Meder, Joseph. Dürer-Katalog, ein handbuch über Albrecht Dürers stiche, radierungen, Holzschnitte, deren zustände, ausgaben und wasserzeichen. Germany, Wien: Gilhofer & Rauschburg, 1932.
  • Hollstein, F. W. H. Dutch and Flemish Etchings, Engravings, and Woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Amsterdam: M. Hertzberger, 1949.