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Melencolia I
Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528)
1514
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Platemark: 23.9 × 19 cm (9 7/16 × 7 1/2 in.)
Sheet: 24.7 × 19.5 cm (9 3/4 × 7 11/16 in.)
Sheet: 24.7 × 19.5 cm (9 3/4 × 7 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Edward Habich
Accession NumberM8851
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch (intaglio) 074; Meder 75 (IIc[?]/IIf)
Signed
Signed and dated in plate, lower right: 1514/[Dürer's monogram]
Marks
No watermark; verso, collector's stamp in red ink: ST J.D. [Saint John Dent; Lugt 2373]; in graphite: x; According to Mr. H. F. Sewall,/letter Nov. 1, 1892[?], this impression/brought £29.10/ at the St. John/Dent sale in 1884; mostly faded MFA stamp (Lugt 1869) with accession number in black ink: 8851
ProvenanceSt. John Dent (d. about 1884; Lugt 2373, London and Milton (Hampshire); probably sold at his sale, March 28 and following days, 1884, Sotheby's, London. George Edward Habich (b. 1818 - d. 1901; Lugt 862), Boston and Kassel; October 7, 1892. (Accession Date: October 7, 1892)