Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn

Property from an Important Private British Collection

Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn

1606 - 1669

The Small Lion Hunt (with Two Lions) (B., Holl. 115; New Holl. 28; H. 180)

Etching, circa 1629, a very fine, rich impression of New Hollstein’s second (final) state, the heavily bitten lines printing boldly, the lightly etched background very pronounced, on paper with a partially indistinct Initials countermark (likely Hinterding PDB, associated with watermark Foolscap with Five-Pointed Collar, Hinterding I.a), framed

plate: 154 by 123mm 6⅛ by 4⅞in

sheet: 160 by 125mm 6¼ by 5in