R5737: Melancholia
Prints
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- R5737
- People
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Johannes Wierix, Netherlandish (Antwerp 1549 - c. 1620 Brussels)
After Albrecht Dürer, German (Nuremberg 1471 - 1528 Nuremberg)
- Title
- Melancholia
- Other Titles
- Series/Book Title: series of allegorical figures
- Classification
- Prints
- Work Type
- Date
- 1602
- Culture
- Dutch
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/250654
Physical Descriptions
- Technique
- Engraving
- Dimensions
- 23.6 x 18.8 cm (9 5/16 x 7 3/8 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
-
John Witt Randall, bequest to his sister.
Belinda Lull Randall, sister of John Witt Randall, gift to Harvard University, 1892.
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- M.H. 1556; A. 1576; New Hollstein 2000
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall
- Object Number
- R5737
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
-
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Publication History
- Sarah Vure, The John Witt Randall Collection: Seeking the True and the Beautiful, brochure, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1998), checklist no. 36
Verification Level
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