An Allegory Of Melancholy — Lucas Cranach The Elder

An Allegory of Melancholy


Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472 - 1553)

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An Allegory of Melancholy (1528), (Panel, 113 x 72 cm) is in the National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh. Although the concept is radically different, the iconography and imagery of the picture are strongly influenced by Dürer's engraving of Melancholia.