melencolia ....

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melancholia

durer,  melencolia 1, 1514

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melencolia_I

holbein, 1533

https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/hans-holbein-the-younger-the-ambassadors
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ambassadors_(Holbein)

sebald beham, 1539

https://www.christies.com/lotfinder/Lot/hans-sebald-beham-1500-1550-melencolia-bartsch-144-5755205-details.aspx

burton's anatomy of melancholy, 1621 onwards
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Anatomy_of_Melancholy

castiglione, 1647

castiglione, circe with the companions of odysseus transformed into animals, c.1650

salvator rosa, democrites, c.1662

http://perspective.smk.dk/en/salvator-rosas-democritus-and-diogenes-copenhagen

https://jhna.org/articles/was-hendrick-ter-brugghen-melancholic/

panoramix ... since the belated discovery that my samsung smartphone's camera can take panoramic views, i've been getting out early most mornings ...

leon bakst ... when i was younger i never really looked at leon bakst's work ... it had always been popular, i didn't dislike it ... maybe his women weren't my kind of wimmin ... but today, whilst listening to the firebird for the third time this month, i started to page my way through his artwork on google image search, and found a treasure trove ...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9on_Bakst

in no particular order ...

a russian fillum short about bakst on youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExuPTtK_RV4