Melencolia I

Albrecht Dürer1514

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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