Melencolia I
- Collection:
- Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
- Alternate Title(s):
- Melancholia
- Uniform Title(s):
- Melencolia I
- Author(s):
- Dürer, Albrecht, 1471-1528, artist
- Publication:
- [Germany : s.n.], 1514
- Language(s):
- German
- Format:
- Still image
- Subject(s):
- Depressive Disorder
- Genre(s):
- Pictorial Works
- Abstract:
- Print shows a winged woman representing melancholy in the sense of an artist's spiritual self-portrait. She is surrounded by many symbolic figures and objects, including a bat carrying the inscription "Melencolia I" below a rainbow; a large stone, ladder, hourglass, bell, and magic square; carpenter's tools and a sleeping dog; and a small putto with a notebook and ink well. (Source: Panofsky.)
- Copyright:
- The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 print : image 25 x 19 cm., on mount 56 x 40 cm.
- Provenance:
- Purchase; 1967.
- Technique:
- engraving
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101393159 (See catalog record)
- NLM Image ID:
- A021517
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101393159