Albrecht Dürer / sighhh... Melencolia I summer tee the rider—modeled on the tradition

the rider—modeled on the tradition of heroic equestrian portraits with which Dürer was familiar from Italy—is undistracted and true to his mission

- Garment-dyed after construction for softer color and lived-in texture

- Garment-dyed for a worn-in color and texture

paper weights: 175–189 g/m² depending on source

horizontal and vertical orientations

Albrecht Dürer / sighhh... Melencolia I summer tee the rider—modeled on the traditionArt by the great Albrecht Drer, Designed by Penta Melencolia I (Drer 1514) Melencolia I is a depiction of the intellectual situation of the artist and is thus, by extension, a spiritual self portrait of Drer. In medieval philosophy each individual was thought to be dominated by one of the four humors; melancholy, associated with black gall, was the least desirable of the four, and melancholics were considered the most likely to succumb to insanity.