Melancholia, La Mélancolie Mélancolia (title on object), Recueil d'estampes d'après les plus beaux tableaux et d'après les plus beaux desseins qui sont en France (...) (series title), Important paintings and drawings in French collections (series title), Allegorical depiction of a kneeling Melancholy in a landscape with ruins, looking at a skull in her left hand. Behind her and on the ground are several attributes that can be associated with the arts and the times., print, print maker: Simon Henri Thomassin, (mentioned on object), after drawing by: Simon Henri Thomassin, (mentioned on object

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