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Melancholy

Melancholy
 (c. 1645-1648)

Medium
engraving
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1925
Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
engraving
Measurements
21.5 × 11.3 cm (plate)
Place/s of Execution
Italy
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Bartsch XXI. 26 (24) II , Percy E.14
Edition
2nd state
Printing/Publishing
published by Giovanni Domenico de' Rossi
Inscription
printed in ink u.c.: Vbi Inletabilitas ibi Virtus
printed in ink l.l.: Si stampano in Roma per Gio. Dom. Rossi alla Pace all’Insegna di Parigi. Con licenza de’ Superiori
Accession Number
1453-3
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1925
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Gallery location
Not on display
Subjects (general)
Allegory and Symbols Emotions and Mental States Human Figures
Subjects (specific)
domestic cat (species) globes (cartographic spheres) goat (genus) lutes (chordophones) melancholy palettes (painting equipment) skulls (skeleton components) women (female humans)

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Essay
A Bernini self-portrait?

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