File:Albrecht Dürer - Melencolia I - Google Art Project ( AGDdr3EHmNGyA).jpg
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Albrecht Dürer: Melencolia I
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Artist |
artist QS:P170,Q5580 |
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Title |
Melencolia I |
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Part of |
Meisterstiche ![]() |
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Object type |
copper engraving print ![]() |
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Genre |
allegory ![]() |
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Date |
1514 date QS:P571,+1514-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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Medium | engraving | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dimensions |
height: 9.3 in (23.8 cm); width: 7.3 in (18.5 cm) dimensions QS:P2048,9.375U218593 dimensions QS:P2049,7.31U218593 |
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q1700481 |
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Accession number |
2012.16 |
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Place of creation |
Nuremberg ![]() |
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Credit line |
English: The Ethel Morrison Van Derlip Fund, proceeds from the 2011 Minneapolis Print and Drawing Fair, the Richard Lewis Hillstrom Fund, gift of funds from Nivin MacMillan, the Winton Jones Endowment Fund for Prints and Drawings, and gift of Herschel V. Jones, gift of Mrs. Ridgely Hunt, and gift of Miss Eileen Bigelow and Mrs. O. H. Ingram, in memory of their mother, Mrs. Alice F. Bigelow, by exchange |
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References | Minneapolis Institute of Arts | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source/Photographer | https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/melencolia-i/_AGDdr3EHmNGyA |
Annotations InfoField | This image is annotated: View the annotations at Commons |
magic square—the 4x4 square was associated with Jupiter, and here wards off Saturn's melancholy
millstone
bat or bat-like creature, and the source of the title
nozzle of a bellows or enema syringe
keys
hourglass half-full
putto with tablet, characterized as either actively scribbling or as sleeping
censer or portable inkwell with pen holder attachment
brazier with a goldsmith's crucible and a pair of tongs
purse/satchel
hand plane
bell
balance scale
"caliper", "compass", and closed book on lap
monogram and date
head resting on hand, a common depiction of melancholy; wears wreath of "wet" plants
digits combine to indicate the year of the engraving
molder's form
pincers
claw hammer
nails
comet, planet, or star
the ladder and building continue above the frame
saw and straightedge
apparently flooded area
"truncated rhombohedron"; there are various analyses of the implied shape
daytime or lunar rainbow
a large wave?
The rarer first-state engraving differs in having a backward nine. This is second state.
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The official position taken by the Wikimedia Foundation is that "faithful reproductions of two-dimensional public domain works of art are public domain".
This photographic reproduction is therefore also considered to be in the public domain in the United States. In other jurisdictions, re-use of this content may be restricted; see Reuse of PD-Art photographs for details. |
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