The Lion Hunt

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Medium

black chalk with brush and brown, rose and green washes, squared for transfer, on laid paper

Dimensions

overall (approximate): 23.8 x 24.4 cm (9 3/8 x 9 5/8 in.)

Credit Line

Andrew W. Mellon Fund

Accession Number

1977.18.1

Artists / Makers

Vicencio Carducho (artist) Italian, Castilian school, 1578 - 1638

Image Use

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Inscription

recto: in unknown hand, across top: 4 R [? illegible, in brown ink] 15 [black chalk] 11x2 [brown ink]]; in later hand, at lower right in brown ink: 1682; verso: in later hand at upper left in graphite: 052215; in later hand at center in graphite: 38 x 38

Marks and Labels

recto: none; verso: in purple ink: UFFICIO / ESPORTAZIONE / ARTISTICA / ROMA [in diamond]

Provenance

Ufficio Esportazione Artistica Roma. (sale, Sotheby's, London, 5 July 1976, no. 9). (Schaeffer Galleries, New York); acquired 1977 by NGA.

Associated Names

Schaeffer Galleries, Inc.