PrintsGerman16th century

Melancholia

1539

Artists

Sebald BehamArtist

Classification

Prints

Technique

Engraving

Culture

German

Century

16th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Prints

Dimensions

7.8 × 5.2 cm (3 1/16 × 2 1/16 in.)

Provenance

Francis Calley Gray, bequest to nephew, 1856. William Gray, gift to Harvard University, 1857.

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