Melencolia I
Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528) · 1514 · engraving
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About this picture
Melencolia I is a CC0 illustration by Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528), dated 1514. Engraving. The file comes from Cleveland Museum of Art.
“Melencolia I” (1514) is the kind of engraving or woodcut Dürer sent across Europe, modeling form with line rather than with a wash of color.
About the artist
Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528) was a German painter and printmaker in Nuremberg. His engravings and woodcuts circulated across Europe and taught other artists his way of modeling with line.
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