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Engraving of a melancholy winged woman seated beside a polyhedron, sphere, dog, and tools, under a rainbow and a bat-winged banner.

Melencolia I: winged woman with compass and geometric tools, after Dürer

A winged, grieving woman sits with her head resting on her hand beside a polyhedron, sphere, and scattered tools. A sleeping dog, hourglass, scales, and bell surround her in this fine engraved-style print.

Artist
Albrecht Dürer
Date
1800-1899
Medium
Collotypes
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
3135 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Licensed CC BY 4.0 (Wellcome Collection) by Wellcome Collection; credit required.
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

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