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Melencolia I

1514
Not on view
Le Metropolitan possède plus de cinq cents gravures imprimées d’Albrecht Dürer, maître suprême en la matière. Melencolia I, l’une des plus intrigantes, traduit l’état intellectuel de l’artiste. C’est donc, par extension, un autoportrait spirituel. Dans la pensée médiévale, chaque individu était dominé par l’une de quatre humeurs. La mélancolie était la moins souhaitable, puisque ceux qui en étaient affectés étaient considérés comme particulièrement vulnérables à la folie. À la Renaissance, en revanche, on pensait que la mélancolie était aussi liée au génie créatif. Ici, la Mélancolie personnifiée, ailée, tient un compas et est entourée d’autres instruments associés à la géométrie, l’un des sept arts libéraux qui sous-tendent la création artistique.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Titre: Melencolia I
  • Artiste: Albrecht Dürer, Allemand, 1471–1528
  • Date: 1514
  • Technique: Gravure
  • Dimensions: 24,1 x 19,1 cm
  • Crédits: Fonds Harris Brisbane Dick, 1943
  • Accession Number: 43.106.1
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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