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Print, Melencolia I

This is a Print. It was print maker: Albrecht Dürer. It is dated 1514. Its medium is engraving on off-white laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was bequest of George Campbell Cooper. It is credited Bequest of George Campbell Cooper.

Its dimensions are

23.8 x 18.5 cm (9 3/8 x 7 5/16 in.)

It is signed

Signed and dated in plate, lower right: AD

Cite this object as

Print, Melencolia I; Print Maker: Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528); Germany; engraving on off-white laid paper; 23.8 x 18.5 cm (9 3/8 x 7 5/16 in.); Bequest of George Campbell Cooper; 1896-3-28

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