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Identification and Creation

Object Number
G282
People
Sebald Beham, German (Nuremberg 1500 - 1550 Frankfurt am Main)
Title
Melancholia
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1539
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Germany
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/276961

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
7.8 × 5.2 cm (3 1/16 × 2 1/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in design, top: HSB 1539 MELENCOLIA
  • inscription: l.l., black ink: 121

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Francis Calley Gray, bequest to nephew, 1856.
William Gray, gift to Harvard University, 1857.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
v/vi
Standard Reference Number
Bartsch 144, Pauli 145

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of William Gray from the collection of Francis Calley Gray
Object Number
G282
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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