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Melencolia I

Jan Wierix (Flemish, about 1549–after 1615)
After: Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528)
1602

Medium/Technique Engraving
Dimensions Sheet: 24.1 x 18.8 cm (9 1/2 x 7 3/8 in.)
Credit Line Gift of William Maurice Bullivant
Accession NumberM25018
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Alvin 1576; Mauquoy-Hendrickx 1556
Signed Signed and dated in plate, left of center, lower margin: IOHAN.WIRICX.FECIT.ANN.1602.
Marks Verso, in ink: [?]; MFA stamp with accession number in graphite: 25018
InscriptionsInscribed in plate, upper left, in banner formed by the wings of a dragon: MELENCOLIA I; on stone block, lower right: 1514/[Dürer's monogram]
ProvenanceFebruary, 1914, gift of William M. Bullivant (b. 1858 - d. 1939), Boston, to the MFA. (Accession Date: February, 1914)