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La Mélancolie
Bisson Frères1861
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States
Reproduction of an engraving by Albrecht Dürer depicting a winged woman sitting outside a small building, beside a putto perched on a grindstone leaning against the building's wall. She rests her head in one hand and holds a compass in the other, as a dog sleeps on the ground at her feet. Other tools lie on the ground around them, and a bat carries a banner in the background that reads, "MELENCOLIA I"
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Details
- Title: La Mélancolie
- Creator: Bisson Frères
- Date Created: 1861
- Location Created: Paris, France
- Physical Dimensions: 24.1 × 18.7 cm (9 1/2 × 7 3/8 in.)
- Type: Print
- External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
- Medium: Albumen silver print
- Terms of Use: Open Content
- Number: 84.XB.419.75
- Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
- Creator Display Name: Bisson Frères (French, active 1840 - 1864)
- Classification: Photographs (Visual Works)
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