Melencolia I
1514 engraving by Albrecht Dürer
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Summary
Melencolia I is a copper engraving print[1]. It draws 8,389 Wikipedia views per month (copper engraving print category, ranking #1 of 7).[2]
Key Facts
- Creator: Albrecht Dürer[3]
- Instance of: engraving[4], print[5]
- Maintained by: Drawings and Prints[6]
- Movement: German Renaissance[7], Northern Renaissance[8]
- Genre: allegory[9]
- Depicts: angel[10], putto[11], sighthound[12], weighing scale[13], compass[14], hourglass[15], ladder[16], magic square[17], truncated triangular trapezohedron[18], bell[19], hammer[20], saw[21], nail[22], plank[23]
- Made from material: engraving[24], laid paper[25], stone burin[26]
- Collection: Condé Museum[27], Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe[28], Art Gallery of South Australia[29], Städel Museum[30], Georgium[31], Minneapolis Institute of Art[32], Museum Kunstpalast[33], Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest[34], National Gallery of Art[35], National Gallery of Victoria[36], National Museum of Western Art[37], Princeton Art Museum[38], Metropolitan Museum of Art[39], Hamburger Kunsthalle[40]
Why It Matters
Melencolia I has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[41] It is known by 34 alternative names across languages and contexts.[42]