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Melencolia I is a 1514 engraving by the German Renaissance master Albrecht Dürer. It is an allegorical composition which has been the subject of many interpretations. One of the most famous old master prints it has sometimes been regarded as forming one of a conscious group of Meisterstiche (master prints) with his Knight Death and the Devil (1513) and Saint Jerome in his Study (1514).The engraving measures 24 x 18.8 cm.

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