大英博物館のインスタグラム(britishmuseum) - 5月21日 15時54分

Albrecht Dürer was born #onthisday in 1471 in the city of Nuremberg, one of the key artistic and commercial centres of Europe in the 15th and 16th centuries. Although also a brilliant painter, draughtsman and writer, his greatest artistic impact was in the form of printmaking. Dürer revolutionised the medium, elevating it to the level of an independent art form.

The subject of this famous engraving from 1514 is ‘Melancolia’, as declared by the bat-like creature flying through a night sky. The dark temperament is personified by a female figure seated in the foreground. The winged infant beside her is a 'genius' (in the ancient sense, meaning an accompanying spirit). Melancholy has wings and from her belt hang keys and a money bag, symbolising power and wealth. She is surrounded by measuring instruments. Above her head is a panel of 'magic' numbers (they add up to 34 in all directions). At her feet are the tools that can fashion the material world, yet she is lost in thought and does nothing, and turns away from the light.

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#melancholy

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