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Melancholia

This etching shows a glum looking winged figure, a personification of melancholia, surrounded by a number of objects symbolising carpentry, alchemy, geometry and numerology

Picture No
13572146
Media ID
45163304
Size
3500px x 4571px (9.2MB)
Credit
© CLM Archive Collection / Mary Evans
Source
Etching from Art in Australia Volume 9, 1921, by Albrecht Darer (1471-1528). From the print in the National Gallery of Victoria
Date
circa 1514

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1514 Albrecht Alchemy Carpentry Durer Geometry Glum Melancholia Numerology Personification Symbolising Winged


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