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146 ● REMBRANDT VAN RIJN
The Small Lion Hunt.
Etching, circa 1629. 158x119 mm; 61/4x41/2 inches, narrow to thread margins. Usticke’s
only state (e), with the profusion of vertical scratches in the background and with irregular,
unclean and inky plate edges. Foolscap with a 5-pointed collar watermark (Ash/Fletcher
19 F c, which they cite on another impression of the same subject in the Art Institute of
Chicago). Ex-collection unknown collectors (Lugt 555 and 2595, verso).A superb, richly-
inked and early impression with no sign of wear.
According to Usticke, “Very scarce (RR-).” Bartsch 116; Biörklund 29-3; Hollstein
(White and Boon) 116. [15,000/20,000]