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Monochrome engraving of a melancholy winged woman seated with a compass, surrounded by a polyhedron, sphere, sleeping dog, hourglass, bell and scales.

A despondent winged woman holding a geometrical instrument surrounded by attributes associated with knowledge; representing melancholia. Heliogravure attributed to C. Amand-Durand, 18--, after A. Dürer, 1514.

A seated winged woman rests her head on her hand, holding a compass, beside a polyhedron, a sphere, a sleeping dog, and a ladder. Behind her hang a bell, an hourglass, and scales beneath a rainbow-like arc with a banner reading MELENCOLIA, in a monochrome fine-line print.

Artist
Albrecht Dürer
Date
1800-1899
Medium
Collotypes
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
3122 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1899.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

Español: Melancolía I, mujer alada con compás y atributos del saber

Una mujer alada sentada apoya la cabeza en la mano y sostiene un compás, junto a un poliedro, una esfera, un perro dormido y una escalera. Detrás cuelgan una campana, un reloj de arena y una balanza bajo un arco similar a un arcoíris con una banda que dice MELENCOLIA, en una estampa monocroma de líneas finas.

Português: Melancolia I, mulher alada com compasso e atributos do saber

Uma mulher alada sentada apoia a cabeça na mão e segura um compasso, ao lado de um poliedro, uma esfera, um cão adormecido e uma escada. Atrás dela pendem um sino, uma ampulheta e uma balança sob um arco semelhante a um arco-íris com uma faixa que diz MELENCOLIA, em uma gravura monocromática de linhas finas.

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