Melancholia

ca. 1949

Dating: Approximate date range
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Etching and aquatint
Dimensions: Sheet: 16 1/16 × 11 1/2 in. (40.8 × 29.2 cm) Plate: 11 7/8 × 8 15/16 in. (30.1 × 22.7 cm)
Collection no.: 68.644.58
Attribution: By the artist

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

Melancholia — Federico Castellón. ca. 1949.

Medium: Etching and aquatint. Dimensions: Sheet: 16 1/16 × 11 1/2 in. (40.8 × 29.2 cm) Plate: 11 7/8 × 8 15/16 in. (30.1 × 22.7 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: Gift of Emil Arnold, 1968.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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