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Melencolia I

Albrecht Dürer1514

National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
Washington, DC, United States

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Title: Melencolia I
Creator: Albrecht Dürer
Date Created: 1514
Physical Dimensions: sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 24.2 x 18.8 cm (9 1/2 x 7 3/8 in.)
Provenance: Arthur Friederich Theodor Bohnenberger [1826-1893], Stuttgart (Lugt 68); (auction sale, Gutekunst and Klipstein, Bern, 6 June 1939, no. 95); purchased 1939 by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkinton, PA; gift to NGA, 1943.
Rights: CC0
Medium: engraving on laid paper

National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

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