A Lion Hunt

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Medium

engraving on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 46.3 x 58.2 cm (18 1/4 x 22 15/16 in.)

sheet: 47.8 x 59.9 cm (18 13/16 x 23 9/16 in.)

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Catalogue Raisonné

Hollstein, no. 28

Accession Number

1997.83.3

Artists / Makers

Jonas Suyderhoff (artist) Dutch, c. 1613 - 1686

Sir Peter Paul Rubens (artist after) Flemish, 1577 - 1640

Pieter Claesz Soutman (publisher) Dutch, 1580 - 1657

Image Use

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Inscription

across bottom in plate: P.P. Rubens Pinxit. I. Syderhoef Sculpsit / In adfectus et Venerationis Pignus Idoneum Leoninam Venationem Iudoco Van der Graft Cognato Suo Mathematicae artis cultori / P. Soutman Editor D.D.D. / Cum Privil. Sa. Ca. M. / P. Soutman Excud

Provenance

(Artemis Fine Arts Ltd, London); purchased by NGA, 1997.

Associated Names

Artemis Fine Arts Inc.

Exhibition History

2018: Leonardo da Vinci and The Battle of Anghiari: The Mystery of Tavola Doria (Season II), Nagoya City Art Museum; Fukuoka City Museum, 2018.

Bibliography

1884: Dutuit, Eugène. Manuel de l'amateur d'estampes. Vol. I, IV-VI. Paris: A Levy, 1884-1885. Reprint. Amsterdam: G.W. Hissink, 1970-1972.

1949: Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. German engravings, etchings and woodcuts ca. 1400-1700. 8 vols. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1954-1868. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberge