Melancholia

Albrecht Durer (1471 - 1528)

British Museum

In the magic square beneath the bell above the figure of Melancholia, the first numeral in the third line, a 9, has been engraved in reverse. In ordinary impressions this fault was corrected, indicating that this proof was evidently one of the first printed and is of very fine quality.

• Medium: engraving
• Dimensions: 24 x 19 cm
• Art Fund Grant: £150 ( Total: £150)
• ArtFunded in: 1912
• Vendor: Miss Carthew

Provenance

John Ruskin

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