Melancholia
Artist
Albrecht Dürer
(Nuremberg, Germany, 1471 - 1528)
Mediumengraving on paper
ClassificationsPrints
DimensionsOverall: Height: 23.5 cm, Width: 18.1 cm
AcquisitionPresented in 1920 by Mrs D Rose Thom.
CopyrightOut of copyright - CC0
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG005986
Keywords
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What Durer was trying to say in this much discussed engraving, with its references to craft, geometry, alchemy and numerology, remains a mystery.
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