Melancholia | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: R5738
People: Johannes Wierix, Netherlandish (Antwerp 1549 - c. 1620 Brussels)
After Albrecht Dürer, German (Nuremberg 1471 - 1528 Nuremberg)
Title: Melancholia
Other Titles: Series/Book Title: series of allegorical figures
Classification: Prints
Work Type: print
Date: 16th-17th century
Places: Creation Place: Europe, Netherlands
Culture: Dutch
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/250634

Physical Descriptions

Technique

Engraving

Inscriptions and Marks

inscription: JWR?[transcribed from the original mount]:"Melancholia; Is it the original? The copies by Wierix are said sometimes to be cut close to make them seem like originals, but this one seems finer than Wierix could do."

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: John Witt Randall, bequest to his sister.
Belinda Lull Randall, sister of John Witt Randall, gift to Harvard University, 1892.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number: M.H. 1556; A. 1576

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall
Object Number: R5738
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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