La Melancholia / Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1994/2.12
- Title
- La Melancholia
- Artist Nationality
- Italian
- Artist Life Dates
- 1609-1664
- Medium and Support
- etching on thin, slightly textured, beige laid paper, trimmed to platemark
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1647
- Inscription
- Inscribed in plate, in book, l.r.: "G BENED to/CAS."
- Verso, center: drawing in red chalk of unidentified subject
- Verso, inscribed in graphite, l.c.: "S.C. 10714" and below: "B26"; l.l.: "NPG 13233"
- Watermark: none visible.
- Dimensions
- 21.6 cm x 11.4 cm (8 1/2 in. x 4 1/2 in.)
- Century
- 17th Century
- Secondary Keywords
- allegory and literature
- animal material
- animal material by form or function
- animals
- descriptors
- equipment
- equipment by process
- image-making equipment
- mammals
- materials
- materials by origin
- objects
- objects we use
- painting equipment
- skeleton and skeleton components
- skeleton components
- the natural world
- tools and equipment
- Rights
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 751 x 1337
- File Size
- 160 KB
- Record
- 1994/2.12
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1994-sl-2.12/1994_2.12.jpg
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"La Melancholia; Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1994-sl-2.12/1994_2.12.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 24, 2024.