Reclining Lion, Rembrandt van Rijn (school of), c. 1660

Identification

Title(s)

Reclining Lion

Object type

drawing

Object number

RP-T-1948-408(R)

Catalogue reference

Schatborn 110

Creation

Artist

draughtsman: Rembrandt van Rijn (school of)

Place

Amsterdam

Dating

c. 1660

Material and Technique

Physical features

reed pen and brown ink, with brown wash and opaque white, on paper toned with brown wash; later additions in yellowish-brown wash; framing line in brown ink

Material

Technique

pen / brush

Measurements

height 104 mm × width 184 mm

Subject

What

beasts of prey, predatory animals: lion

Acquisition and rights

Acquisition

purchase 1948

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

Inv.; …; sale, Dr. August Straeter (1810-98, Aachen), Stuttgart (H.G. Gutekunst), 10 (14) May 1898 sqq., no. 1181, as Rembrandt, 1020 mark, to Arnold;{Copy RKD.} …; collection Fürst Franz Josef II von und zu Liechtenstein (1906-89), Vienna, 1906, 1936;{Hofstede de Groot 1906a, p. 354, no. 1511; Old Master Drawings (43) 1936, pp. 51-2 and plate 47.} from whom, with 288 other objects, to the dealer Walter Feilchenfeldt, Zürich, 1947;{Feilchenfeldt 2015, p. 137.} from whom, fl. 2,000, to the museum, 1948

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Notes

Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.

Relations

Documentation

Tekeningen van Rembrandt, Peter Schatborn, cat.nr. 110
Tekeningen van Rembrandt, Iohannes Quirijn van 1899-1980 Regteren Altena, p. 60, afb. 7

Persistent URL

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