Lion Hunt

Schelte Adams Bolswert after Sir Peter Paul Rubens

Associated Names
Schelte Adams Bolswert

Artist, Flemish, 1586 - 1659

Sir Peter Paul Rubens

Artist After, Flemish, 1577 - 1640

This is a drawing of a battle scene involving humans and animals. The scene shows warriors on horseback and foot soldiers fighting, with a lion in the center. The composition is dynamic, with figures in various poses conveying motion and tension. Horses have flowing manes and the figures are dressed in classical or ancient attire. The sky is lightly detailed, providing a backdrop for the action in the foreground.

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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Gaillard F. Ravenel and Frances P. Smyth-Ravenel, Washington D.C.; gift to NGA, 2000.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2000

  • Drawings and Prints from the Permanent Collection (Summer 2000), National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2000.

2007

  • Fabulous Journeys and Faraway Places: Travels on Paper, 1450 - 1700, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2007

Bibliography

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

Inscriptions

in image, lower left: P. P. Rubens pinxit; in image, lower left: Cum Privilegis Regis Christianissimi; Serenissime Infantis, et Ordinum Confoederatorum; lower right in image: S. a Bolswert sculp. et excud; across bottom in plate: Excellentissimo Heroi ALEXANDRO CROY, CHIMAY, D'ARENBERGHE Principi...S. à Bolswert D.C.

Wikidata ID

Q75426079

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