Melancholia met een passer, anonymous, Jost Amman, 1580

Title(s)

Melancholia met een passer

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-OB-21.312(R)

Catalogue reference

• New Hollstein German (Amman book illustrations) 169.5

Artist

• print maker: anonymous
• after design by: Jost Amman
• publisher: Sigmund Feyerabend

Dating

1580

Material

• paper

Measurements

height 119 mm × width 97 mm

What

• melancholic temperament
• compasses
• 'Geometria' (~ quadrivium); 'Geometria' (Ripa)

Acquisition

unknown 1994

Copyright

Public domain

Related

• Jager met twee jachthonden

• Jost Amman : book illustrations, Gero Seelig, Giulia Bartrum, Marjolein Leesberg, Dl. 7, p. 115, cat.nr. 169.5