A despondent winged woman holding a geometrical instrument surrounded by attributes associated with knowledge; representing melancholia. Heliogravure attributed to C. Amand-Durand, 18--, after A. Dürer, 1514.

  • Dürer, Albrecht, 1471-1528.
Date:
1800-1899
Reference:
20093i
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1800-1899

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1 print : heliogravure ; platemark 25.6 x 19.8 cm

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Melencolia I. AD 1514. A small flying creature is carrying a plaque which reads: "Melencolia I"

References note

R. Klibansky, E. Panofsky and F. Saxl, Saturn and melancholy, London 1964, specifically part VI
S.W. Jackson, Melancholia and depression, New Haven and London 1986
Sir A. Lewis, The state of psychiatry, London 1967, ch. 7. 'Melancholia: a historical review', p. 71
Ed. W.L. Strauss, The intaglio prints of Albrecht Dürer, New York 1981, pl. 79, pp. 218-224

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Wellcome Collection 20093i

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    20093i.1

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    20093i.2

  • Copy 3

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    20093i.3

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