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Melancholia

painting by Lucas Cranach the Elder in Unterlinden Museum (Colmar, France)
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Melancholia

Summary

Melancholia is a painting[1]. Melancholia ranks in the top 7% of painting entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Melancholia is the creator of Lucas Cranach the Elder[3].
  • Melancholia is in the country of France[4].
  • Melancholia's instance of is recorded as painting[5].
  • Melancholia's genre is allegory[6].
  • Melancholia's depicts is recorded as sphere[7].
  • Melancholia's depicts is recorded as boy[8].
  • Melancholia's depicts is recorded as dog[9].
  • Melancholia's depicts is recorded as Grey Partridge[10].
  • Melancholia's depicts is recorded as melancholia[11].
  • Melancholia's depicts is recorded as Melancholia[12].
  • Melancholia is made of oil paint[13].
  • Melancholia is made of panel[14].
  • Melancholia's collection is recorded as Unterlinden Museum[15].
  • Melancholia's inventory number is recorded as 83.5.1[16].
  • Melancholia took place at Unterlinden Museum[17].
  • Melancholia's Commons category is recorded as Melancholia (Lucas Cranach (I), 1532)[18].
  • Melancholia's country of origin is recorded as Germany[19].
  • Melancholia's catalog code is recorded as FR277A[20].
  • Melancholia's catalog code is recorded as CC-MHM-300-005[21].
  • 1532 marks the founding of Melancholia[22].
  • Melancholia's main subject is melancholia[23].
  • Melancholia's described at URL is recorded as https://www.musee-unterlinden.com/de/oeuvres/die-melancholie/[24].
  • Melancholia's described at URL is recorded as https://webmuseo.com/ws/musee-unterlinden/app/collection/record/53?lang=fr[25].
  • Melancholia's title is recorded as Melancholy[26].
  • Melancholia's title is recorded as Melancholia[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Melancholia is the creator of Lucas Cranach the Elder[3].

Publication

Melancholia's genre is allegory[6].

Subject and Themes

Melancholia's main subject is melancholia[23].

Material and Period

Recorded made from material include oil paint[13] and panel[14]. The location of Melancholia was Unterlinden Museum[17].

Why It Matters

Melancholia ranks in the top 7% of painting entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11 views/month).[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . lucascranach.org. Retrieved . lucascranach.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . musee-unterlinden.com. musee-unterlinden.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . musee-unterlinden.com. musee-unterlinden.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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  1. 6d ago · Nono314 · 2026-05-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Width → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q174728', 'amount':
    Musées grand est artwork id → la-melancolie
    Image with frame → Colmar (Haut-Rhin) - Musée Unterlinden - "La Mélancolie" (Lu
    Cranach digital archive artwork id → F_MUC_83-5-1
    + 25 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:1||1 */ [[Property:P973]]: https://webmuseo.com/ws/musee-unterlinden/app/collection/record/53, update P973 claim"
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