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Engraving of a melancholy seated woman on a rock in rough sea, with a distant sailboat and Latin inscription above.

Emblematische figuren

An engraving shows a seated woman with a bowed head and hand to her cheek, draped in flowing cloth, perched on a rock amid choppy waves. A small sailboat drifts on the calm sea behind her, under a cloudy sky. A Latin inscription and the word MELANCHOLIA are printed above her.

Artist
Enea Vico
Date
1533-1567
Medium
Source
Rijksmuseum
Size
1688 × 1684 px
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Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1567.
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: Melancolía, figura emblemática según Enea Vico

Un grabado muestra a una mujer sentada con la cabeza inclinada y la mano apoyada en la mejilla, envuelta en telas fluidas, sobre una roca entre olas agitadas. Detrás, un pequeño velero navega en un mar tranquilo bajo un cielo nublado. Sobre ella aparecen una inscripción latina y la palabra MELANCHOLIA.

Português: Melancolia, figura emblemática segundo Enea Vico

Uma gravura mostra uma mulher sentada, com a cabeça inclinada e a mão apoiada no rosto, envolta em tecidos fluidos, sobre uma rocha entre ondas agitadas. Ao fundo, um pequeno veleiro navega em mar calmo sob um céu nublado. Acima dela aparecem uma inscrição latina e a palavra MELANCHOLIA.

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