Art Institute of Chicago

Melancholia

c. 1615

Type: oil on canvas
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 149.5 × 113 cm (58 7/8 × 44 1/2 in.); Framed: 172.7 × 137.2 × 10.2 cm (68 × 54 × 4 in.)
Credit: Through prior bequest of Joseph Winterbotham

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