Melencholia
Object type: Print
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Il Grechetto)
Artist bio: Italian, Genoa 1609–1664 Mantua
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: Italian
Date: ca. 1645–46
Medium: Etching, state undetermined, print trimmed on all sides
Dimensions: sheet: 8 3/16 x 4 1/2 in. (20.8 x 11.5 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1917
Accession year: 1917
Tags: Skulls|Contemplation|Women|Cats|Dogs|Globes