Melancholia

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione

Title

Melancholia

Place

Italy (Artist's nationality:)

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1629–1647

Medium

Etching on ivory laid paper

Dimensions

Image/sheet; cut within plate: 21.7 × 11.7 cm (8 9/16 × 4 5/8 in.)

Credit Line

Prints and Drawing Purchase Fund

Reference Number

1977.309

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