Title: Melancholia
Object type: Drawing
Date: ca. 1729–40
Artist:  Henri Simon Thomassin 
Artist bio: French, Paris 1687–1741
Artist nationality: French
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Red chalk
Dimensions: Sheet: 13 1/2 in. × 10 in. (34.3 × 25.4 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit line: Gift of Richard A. Berman, 2016
Department: Drawings and Prints
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Animals, term: Skulls, term: Women