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Hieronymus Wierix

Melencolia I,

Description

Maker

  • Albrecht Dürer
  • Hieronymus Wierix

Title

Melencolia I

Medium

engraving

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • Engraving on light weight cream laid paper

Techniques

  • Engraving on light weight cream laid paper

Supports

  • Light weight cream laid paper

Dimensions

Plate/Image: 23.5 x 18.4 cm (9 1/4 x 7 1/4 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Verso:in pencil inscribed in LL: 200In Plate-titled in UL:MELENCOLIA I; dated and signed in LR:1514/AD (D below larger A, Durer's monogram)

Marks: Partial watermark:(bottom of a shield)

Identification

State

1st of 3

Standard Reference Number

Hollstein (Wierix Family, Part IX) 2001.i

Type

  • Prints

Credit

Gift in memory of William Babcock Weeden by his children

Object Number

43.400.136

About

Melencolia I

Verso:in pencil inscribed in LL: 200In Plate-titled in UL:MELENCOLIA I; dated and signed in LR:1514/AD (D below larger A, Durer's monogram)

Marks: Partial watermark:(bottom of a shield)

Hollstein (Wierix Family, Part IX) 2001.i
1st of 3

Related

No Image Available

Unknown Maker

series (group)

Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in Copyright. This object is Melencolia I with the accession number of 43.400.136. To request new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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