Self-portrait as David with the Head of Goliath
Self-portrait as David with the Head of Goliath

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Self-portrait as David with the Head of Goliath,

1650

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1607–1677; born Prague, Czech Republic; died London, Englad; active Germany
after Giorgione, Italian, 1477–1510
Published by Frans van den Wyngaerde, Belgian, 1614–1679
x1944-569

Information

Title
Self-portrait as David with the Head of Goliath
Dates

1650

Maker
Wenceslaus Hollar
after Giorgione
Published by Frans van den Wyngaerde
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
plate (sheet trimmed to plate): 25.6 × 18.5 cm (10 1/16 × 7 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Frank Jewett Mather Jr.
Object Number
x1944-569
Place Made

Europe, Belgium, Antwerp

Inscription
Inscribed in plate below image, center: VERO RITRATTO DE GIORGONE DE CASTEL FRANCO / da luy fatto come lo celebra il libro del VASARI. Inscribed in plate, lower center: W. HOllar fecit ex Collectione Iohannis et Iacobi van Verle, 1650; / F. van den Wyngarde excudit,
Reference Numbers
New Hollstein 1048; Pennington 1408
Culture
German, European
Type
prints, etchings
Materials
printing ink
Techniques
etching (printing process)
Subject
men, self-portraits, heads, deaths, artists, figures (representations), bible stories

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