| Maker(s): | Dürer, Albrecht, after | | Culture: | German (1471-1528)
| | Title: | Melencolia I
| | Date Made: | late 19th-early 20th century
| | Type: | Print
| | Materials: | Heliogravure on wove paper
| | Place Made: | Europe; Germany
| | Measurements: | sheet: 12 7/8 in x 10 1/2 in; 32.7025 cm x 26.67 cm; plate: 9 1/2 in x 7 1/2 in; 24.13 cm x 19.05 cm; image: 9 5/16 in x 7 3/16 in; 23.65375 cm x 18.25625 cm
| | Narrative Inscription: | INSCRIPTION: verso, ctr. (pencil): 1873 / [horizontal line] / 10 1/2 x 13 - / [horizontal line] / 2083 ; MONOGRAM/DATE: recto, lwr. r. (printed, within image): 1514 / AD ; INSCRIPTION: recto, upp. r. (printed, within image): MELENCOLIA I
| | Accession Number: | MH 1997.14.47
| | Credit Line: | Gift of the estate of Eileen Paradis Barber (Class of 1929)
| | Museum Collection: | Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
Seated angel leaning head on hand. Dog lying at her feet. Cherub seated on mill stone. Magic square, bat, carpentry tools, geometry, sphere, melancholy.
Subjects:
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