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Giorgione (Self-portrait as David with the Head of Goliath)

Giorgione (Self-portrait as David with the Head of Goliath)
 1650
from a series of ten Italian portraits, published by Frans van den Wyngaerde, 1649–51

Medium
etching
Measurements
21.0 × 18.5 cm (image) 26.2 × 19.6 cm (plate) 26.6 × 20.1 cm (sheet)
Catalogue/s Raisonné
New Hollstein 1048 ii/ii; Pennington 1408 ii; Parthey 1408
Edition
2nd of 2 states
Inscription
printed in ink below image l.l.-l.r.: VERO RITRATTO DE GIORGONE DE CASTEL FRANCO / da luy fatto come lo celebra il libro del VASARI,
printed in ink below image l.c.: W: Hollar fecit ex Collectione Iohannis et Iacobi van Verle, 1650,
printed in ink below image l.r.: F. van den Wyngarde excudit,
Accession Number
451-5
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Everard Studley Miller Bequest, 1959
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Gallery location
Not on display
Subjects (general)
Another Work Portraits Religion and Mythology
Subjects (specific)
David, King of Israel (Old Testament character) Giorgione Goliath (Old Testament character) heads (animal components) painters (artists) reproductive prints self-portraits