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Engraving of a winged woman seated in brooding pose beside a sphere, polyhedron, sleeping dog, and scattered tools, under a radiant arc in the sky.

Melencolia I

A winged, seated female figure rests her head on her hand amid geometric solids, a sphere, a polyhedron, a sleeping dog, and tools. A bell, hourglass, and magic square hang on the wall beneath a rainbow-like halo over a sea. The black-and-white engraving has dense crosshatching.

Artist
Albrecht Dürer (mentioned on object)
Date
1514
Medium
Source
Rijksmuseum
Size
3099 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1514.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Rijksmuseum, image license https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Español: Melencolia I, grabado de Alberto Durero

Una figura femenina alada, sentada, apoya la cabeza en la mano entre sólidos geométricos, una esfera, un poliedro, un perro dormido y herramientas. Una campana, un reloj de arena y un cuadrado mágico cuelgan de la pared bajo un arco luminoso sobre el mar. El grabado en blanco y negro tiene un denso rayado cruzado.

Português: Melencolia I, gravura de Albrecht Dürer

Uma figura feminina alada, sentada, apoia a cabeça na mão entre sólidos geométricos, uma esfera, um poliedro, um cão adormecido e ferramentas. Um sino, uma ampulheta e um quadrado mágico pendem da parede sob um arco luminoso sobre o mar. A gravura em preto e branco tem hachuras cruzadas densas.

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