# Giorgione's Self-Portrait as David

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## Artwork

- Artist: [HOLLAR, Wenceslaus](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/hollar-wenceslaus-red2b3c8f3f6ce7>)
- Date: 1601-1650
- Technique: Engraving

## Commentary

This is an engraving after Giorgione. The ledge was a regular feature of the portraits of Giovanni Bellini, it served both to set the figure in space and to provide a firm base for a bust-length composition. Giorgione also adopted the device of the foreground ledge in this self-portrait. He rejected the near-frontality of Bellini&#39;s portraiture; by placing his body at right angles to the plane, and turning his head to confront the viewer, he created an image that was both more spontaneous and more arresting.

## Related artworks

- [Antwerp Cathedral](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/hollar-wenceslaus-red2b3c8f3f6ce7/antwerp-cathedral-rcce84edf43362b>)
- [Democritus and Heraclitus](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/hollar-wenceslaus-red2b3c8f3f6ce7/democritus-and-heraclitus-re6864529372fa1>)
- [Portrait of Bonaventura Peeters I](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/hollar-wenceslaus-red2b3c8f3f6ce7/portrait-of-bonaventura-peeters-i-r23f02f8099944e>)
- [Stellion Insulting Ceres](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/hollar-wenceslaus-red2b3c8f3f6ce7/stellion-insulting-ceres-r7ef1adabb0aef2>)
- [Winter](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/hollar-wenceslaus-red2b3c8f3f6ce7/winter-r4af6f73ef99132>)

## Attribution

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