# Melencolia I

By [Albrecht Dürer](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/artists/albrecht-durer.md>), 1514.

## Details

- Medium: engraving
- Dimensions: Platemark: 23.8 x 18.9 cm (9 3/8 x 7 7/16 in.); Sheet: 24.5 x 19.4 cm (9 5/8 x 7 5/8 in.)
- Collection: [Cleveland Museum of Art](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/galleries/gallery-36a1fc18d246201d.md>)

[View collection record](<https://clevelandart.org/art/1926.211>)

- Categories: Print, Works on Paper
- Styles: [Northern Renaissance](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/styles/northern-renaissance.md>)

## Image

![A seated winged figure rests among measuring instruments, a ladder, a dog, and geometric objects.](<https://api.art.jpamorgan.com/artifacts/source-36a1fc18d246201d-bd62cbd78e4db6e1/full.jpg?v=1e5851701e9ec19a63ec5faa2d94294a0680a948c5595e0d7ffc3629bdb5d515>)

## Sources & credits

- The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1926.211. Gift of Leonard C. Hanna Jr., in memory of Ralph King. CC0 Open Access.
- Gift of Leonard C. Hanna Jr., in memory of Ralph King
- Cleveland Museum of Art

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