Display device

A display device comprising:

• a display area including a plurality of pixels arrayed next to one another in a first direction and in a second direction that is different from the first direction;
• and
• a control circuit, wherein
• each of the pixels includes
• a light-emitting element configured to emit light by a current flowing therethrough,
• a drive transistor, and
• a holding capacitance,
• while one terminal of the light-emitting element is coupled to one of a source and a drain of the drive transistor, a first potential is supplied to the other terminal of the light-emitting element,
• a second potential that is higher than the first potential is supplied to the other one of the source and the drain of the drive transistor,
• the holding capacitance is coupled between the source and a gate of the drive transistor, and
• the control circuit
• writes initialization potentials into the gates of the respective drive transistors,
• then writes video writing potentials resulting from a video signal into the gates of the respective drive transistors to determine voltages for the corresponding holding capacitances and cause currents to flow through the corresponding light-emitting elements throughout emission periods of the respective light-emitting elements, the voltages each being the sum of a voltage proportional to a potential difference between the corresponding video writing potential and the corresponding initialization potential and a threshold voltage of the corresponding drive transistor, the currents corresponding to voltages proportional to potential differences between the corresponding video writing potentials and the corresponding initialization potentials, and
• sets the initialization potentials for the respective pixels.