Melencolia I (The Melancholy), 1514

Title

Melencolia I (The Melancholy)

Artist

• Albrecht Dürer

Period Produced

• 16th century

Object Type

• art print

Material

• handmade paper

Technique

• copperplate engraving

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Bezeichnet auf den Flügeln der Fledermaus: Melencolia I
Datiert und monogrammiert unten rechts: 1514 / AD

Work Catalogues

• Bartsch VII.87.74
• Meder 1932.100.75 2a
• Schoch/Mende/Scherbaum 1.179.71
• Hollstein German VII.71.75 II/II
• TIB 1001.074

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• allegory

Main Motif

• melancholy
• woman

Primary

• 32A140 'Malenconico (per la terra)', 'Malinconia' (Ripa)
• 32A14 melancholic temperament
• 31D15(+53) adult woman (+ sitting)
• 11G angels
• 92D1916 cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti'

Secondary

• 34B11 dog
• 49D5111 compasses
• 46B3311 scales
• 23U22 hourglass
• 46E521 bell ~ acoustic signalling