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Melencolia I
Albrecht Dürer
1514
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
Middletown, United States
Details
Title:
Melencolia I
Creator:
Albrecht Dürer
Date Created:
1514
Signatures / Inscriptions:
Signed in plate, lower right: monogram and date
Print State:
Second of two states
Object Type:
Prints, works of art
Object Link:
See this artwork on the Davison Art Center website
Object Credit Line:
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University. Gift of George W. Davison (B.A. Wesleyan 1892), 1949
Materials & Techniques:
Engraving on coarse laid paper
Keywords:
allegory, angels, melancholy, sheep
Image Credit Line:
Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
Dimensions:
Plate dimensions: 239 mm x 185 mm (9.41 in. x 7.28 in.).
Bibliography:
Bartsch 74; Joseph Meder 75ii (with the correction of the number 9), a/b; Campbell Dodgson 73; P. 181
Associated People:
Created by Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471-1528)
Accession Number:
1949.D3.2
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