Why it matters
A winged woman, lost in thought, slices a cane, perhaps to make another hoop, while naked children try to roll a ball through a hoop. In the sky, witches ride a dark cloud and soldiers fall from their horses.
Did you know?
- It was painted in 1532.
- It echoes Dürer's engraving Melencolia I of 1514.
- A vertical version from the same year is in Colmar.
Based on the Wikipedia article Melancholia (Lucas Cranach the Elder, Copenhagen) (CC BY-SA 4.0).
