Melencolia I Melancholia
Printmaker: Dürer, Albrecht
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1816) by Fitzwilliam, Richard, 7th Viscount
Production date: AD 1514
II/II.
Support
composed of
laid paper
Plate
Height 240 mm
Width 187 mm
Sheet
Height 240 mm
Width 187 mm
Inscription present: Numbers arranged in a four by four-line grid, described here left to right from the top left corner
Accession number: 22.I.3-98
Primary reference Number: 93775
Bartsch: 74
Illustrated Bartsch: 74
Illustrated Bartsch Commentary: .074 II/II
Meder: 75 II/II
Hollstein (German): 75 II/II a
Schoch/Mende/Scherbaum: 71 II/II
Old location number: 35.9.21
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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