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Identification and Creation

Object Number
R5737
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
1602
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/250654

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
23.6 x 18.8 cm (9 5/16 x 7 3/8 in.)

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; New Hollstein 2000

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall
Object Number
R5737
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Sarah Vure, The John Witt Randall Collection: Seeking the True and the Beautiful, brochure, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1998), checklist no. 36

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