Lion Hunt

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Medium

engraving on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 42.8 x 59.8 cm (16 7/8 x 23 9/16 in.)

sheet: 43 x 56 cm (16 15/16 x 22 1/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Gaillard F. Ravenel and Frances P. Smyth-Ravenel

Catalogue Raisonné

Hollstein, no. 298

Accession Number

2000.7.6

Artists / Makers

Schelte Adams Bolswert (artist) Flemish, 1586 - 1659

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

Image Use

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Inscription

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.

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Smyth-Ravenel Fund, Gaillard F. Ravenel and Frances P.

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