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Melancholia (Lucas Cranach the Elder, Colmar)
Painting by Lucas Cranach the Elder / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Melancholia is a 1532 oil painting by the German artist Lucas Cranach the Elder. It is now in the Unterlinden Museum in Colmar, France. Its inventory number is 83.5.1.[2]
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Artist | Lucas Cranach the Elder |
Year | 1532 |
Medium | oil paint on panel |
Movement | Northern Renaissance allegory |
Subject | Melancholia |
Dimensions | 76.5 cm × 56 cm (30.1 in × 22 in)[1] |
Location | Unterlinden Museum, Colmar |
Accession | 1983 |
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This vertical painting belongs to a series of four works inspired by Albrecht Dürer's seminal 1514 engraving Melencolia I.[2] The National Gallery of Denmark in Copenhagen owns a horizontal version from the same year which presents a number of similarities. The Colmar version is accepted as a work largely painted by Lucas Cranach the Elder himself, but with a possible contribution of the 19-year-old Hans Cranach, which would account for the softness of the brushstrokes in some parts.[3]