Presentation of the melancholic temperament in the shape of a naked elderly man in pensive posture (a scientist), seated on a globe, a compass in the right hand resting on a globe. In the background a mountain landscape under a night sky. Among the show two lines of text in Latin: Atra, animaeque, animique, lues aterrima, bilis. Saepe premit vires ingenii, et genii. This print is part of a series of the four temperaments, each represented by a full-length figure, engaged in a operation and sitting / standing in an environment that is associated with one of the four elements.