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Object Type
Museum number: 1920,0420.33
Description: The Lion Hunt; four horsemen and two hunters on foot in fierce combat with two lions, the lion at right dragging a turbaned hunter from his horse, while another hunter is about to stab his dagger in the animal's belly, the lioness beyond with front paws outstretched; second state with address of Merlen; after Peter Paul Rubens. c.1623-24 Etching
Producer name: After: Peter Paul Rubens; Print made by: Willem de Leeuw; Published by: Cornelis van Merlen
School/style
Production date: 1623-1624 (c.)
Production place: Published in: Antwerp (city)
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Height: 463 millimetres (trimmed); Width: 641 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: After the painting by Rubens now lost, formerly in Bordeaux.
Bibliographic references: Schneevoogt 1873 / Catalogue des estampes gravées d'après P.P.Rubens (227.31.4); Corpus Rubenianum XVIII.II / Landscapes and Hunting Scenes; II. Hunting Scenes (6) (copy 10); Hollstein / Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts c.1450-1700 (8.II) (under Leeuw)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: hunting/shooting; mammal
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1920
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1920,0420.33

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