The first documented magic square in the West was a 4x4 array of the numbers one through to 16. It appeared in a famous print entitled Melancholia, which was created by artist Albrecht Durer in 1514.

Albrecht Dürer’s Melencolia I (1514 ... an ailing dog and a ‘magic square’ calendar, all of which serve to amplify a sense of creative frustration. The image captured the popular imaginatio ...

The magic square in the top-right corner is not something ... "I had no idea that I was copying Albrecht Durer," she said. "And so I was doing this, and doing this, and had no idea Albrecht ...

This year marks 500 years since the creation of Albrecht Dürer's "Melencolia ... the interest of the general public like the Dürer magic square, which is prominently displayed in "Melencolia ...

Albrecht Dürer, a master painter and engraver ... This is the first occurrence in western art of a magic square. It has many other interesting mathematical symmetries. A curious aspect of the ...