Image

Albrecht Dürer

Melancholia I

Description

Maker

Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471-1528), printmaker

Title

Melancholia I

Year

1514

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

engraving

Supports

Dimensions

24 x 18.7 cm (9 7/16 x 7 3/8 inches) (plate)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Lettered withing image UL: "Melancolia I" and LR: "1514 AD"

Verso: collector's stamp of Thomas Jefferson Coolidge (1863-1912; Lugt 1429)

Identification

State

ii/ii

Standard Reference Number

Meder 75

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of the Fazzano Brothers

Object Number

84.198.1303

Type

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Tombstone

Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471-1528), printmaker
Melancholia I, 1514
engraving
24 x 18.7 cm (9 7/16 x 7 3/8 inches) (plate)
Gift of the Fazzano Brothers 84.198.1303

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