Melancholy
A hooded, seated figure rests on a dark rocky ledge against a large pale sun haloed by radiating strokes of light. Jagged brown rock fills the right foreground. The mixed-media pastel and charcoal surface shows fine hatched textures in gold, brown, and blue.
- Artist
- Odilon Redon
- Date
- 1876
- Medium
- Various charcoals and gouache, with pastel and black chalk, and touches of stumping and erasing, on pale-pink wove paper with red and blue f
- Source
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Size
- 1686 × 1739 px
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Margaret Day Blake, Mr. and Mrs. Henry C.Woods, and William McCallin McKee Memorial Endowments
Español: Melancolía
Una figura sentada y encapuchada descansa sobre una saliente rocosa oscura frente a un gran sol pálido rodeado de trazos luminosos radiantes. Rocas marrones y dentadas ocupan el primer plano derecho. La superficie, en pastel y carboncillo, muestra texturas finas de dorado, marrón y azul.
Português: Melancolia
Uma figura sentada e encapuzada repousa sobre uma saliência rochosa escura diante de um grande sol pálido cercado por traços de luz radiantes. Rochas marrons e irregulares ocupam o primeiro plano à direita. A superfície, em pastel e carvão, mostra texturas finas em dourado, marrom e azul.