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Melancholia

Domenico Fetti · c. 1615

Palette

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Artist

Domenico Fetti

Date

c. 1615

Type

Painting

Medium

Oil on canvas

Size

149.5 × 113 cm (58 7/8 × 44 1/2 in.); Framed: 172.7 × 137.2 × 10.2 cm (68 × 54 × 4 in.)

Place

Italy

Period

Baroque · 17th century

Themes

Dogs · Interiors · Reading and letters

Main colour

Black · lightness 20, colourfulness 10

Art Institute of Chicago, Through prior bequest of Joseph Winterbotham. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's is_public_domain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules