Melankolien, Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1532

From the handwritten catalogue: "the subject of the picture seems to be the contrast between the melancholic female figure and the cheerful, playful children. No explanation is given as to why the woman is wielding a stick. According to spengler, morell perceived the group of witches at the top left as a satire against johan georg of saxony". Object Type: painting. Genre: allegory. Date: 1532. Dimensions: height: 663 mm (26.10 in); width: 1,117 mm (43.97 in). Medium: oil on wood. Collection: Statens Museum for Kunst. Lucas Cranach dÆ, Melankolien, 1532, KMSsp722, Statens Museum for Kunst