Alternate title(s):
melancholia
uniform title(s):
melencolia i author(s): dürer, albrecht, 1471-1528, artist
publication:
[germany: s. N. ], 1514
language(s):
german
format:
still image
subject(s):
depressive disorder
genre(s):
pictorial works
abstract:
print shows a winged woman representing melancholy in the sense of an artist's spiritual self-portrait. She is surrounded by many symbolic figures and objects, including a bat carrying the inscription "melencolia i" below a rainbow; a large stone, ladder, hourglass, bell, and magic square; carpenter's tools and a sleeping dog; and a small putto with a notebook and ink well. (source: panofsky. )
extent:
1 print: image 25 x 19 cm. , on mount 56 x 40 cm. Provenance:
purchase; 1967. Technique:
engraving
nlm unique id:
101393159
nlm image id:
a021517
permanent link:
http://resource. Nlm. Nih. Gov/101393159.
Loading...
