FA30: Melencolia I

Identification and Creation

Object Number

FA30

People

Unidentified Artist
After Albrecht Dürer, German (Nuremberg 1471 - 1528 Nuremberg)

Title

Melencolia I

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

16th-19th century

Places

Creation Place: Europe, Germany

Culture

German

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/234790

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Engraving printed in black ink on beige laid paper

Technique

Engraving

Dimensions

sheet: 23.7 × 18.6 cm (9 5/16 × 7 5/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: in plate, at right edge on the face of the stone step: 1514 / AD [monogram]
• inscription: in plate, on bat's wings: MELENCOLIA I
• inscription: in plate, on edifice: [magic square totalling 34]
• inscription: verso, graphite: N. [Norton] Coll. Oct. 1874.
• inscription: verso, graphite: Copy
• collector's mark: verso, blue stamp, stamped twice, one with added graphite number below: FINE ARTS / DEPARTMENT / HARVARD COLLEGE [within a rectangular borderline, not in Lugt] / 30

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State

copy

Standard Reference Number

Bartsch 74, Schoch 71, Meder 75

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Transfer from the Fine Arts Department, Harvard University

Object Number

FA30

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Exhibition History

• 32Q: 3620 University Study Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/20/2018 - 05/06/2018

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