Albrecht Dürer was born #OnThisDay in 1471. ✏️ Dürer made a huge impact on European art through his outstanding skills as a printmaker.

This is ‘Melencolia I’ (1514), which depicts the figure of Melancholy (Black Humour), one of the four temperaments.

(via @NatGalleriesSco)

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