Melencolia I

Albrecht Dürer
Germany
1471 – 1528

Melencolia I
1514
engraving on paper
Place made
Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany
Medium
engraving on paper
Dimensions
24.1 x 18.7 cm (plate & sheet)
23.8 x 18.6 cm (image)
Credit line
Morgan Thomas Bequest Fund 1962
Accession number
627G44
Signature and date
Signed and dated in plate l.r. "1514/ AD" the initials in monogram.
Provenance
P. & D. Colnaghi, London; Lionel Lindsay (b.1874-d.1961), Sydney, acquired 1928; purchased by the Gallery from Peter Lindsay, Sydney
Catalogue raisonne
B.74; M.75 c-d; Holl/G 75 IIa; S.E.79, TIB v.10, p.163, .074 (S2 c-d)
Media category
Print
Collection area
European prints

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