# Melencolia I, in 16th-century Germany

Albrecht Dürer made this in 1514, aged 43. It is now at The Met in New York.

Our note:

> A winged figure sits slumped, chin on fist, surrounded by the tools of measurement and making: a compass in her lap, a plane and saw at her feet, an hourglass, scales and a bell on the wall behind, a ladder, a huge faceted stone and a sphere.

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## The work

- Date: 1514
- Medium: Engraving
- Dimensions: Sheet: 9 1/2 × 7 3/8 in. (24.1 × 18.7 cm)
- Type: Prints
- Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 43.106.1
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[Albrecht Dürer](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/albrecht-durer), German, 1471–1528

Dürer trained as a goldsmith with his father and then under the Nuremberg painter Michael Wolgemut, whose studio produced woodcut book illustrations.

8 works in the collection.

## Walk on

- [More by Albrecht Dürer](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/albrecht-durer?hang=749) (8 works)
- [More Northern Renaissance](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/northern-renaissance?hang=749) (62 works)
- [The 16th century](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/16?hang=749) (210 works)

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