Oct 26, 2011 - Sale 2258

Sale 2258 - Lot 131

Price Realized: $ 12,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 10,000 - $ 15,000
REMBRANDT VAN RIJN
The Small Lion Hunt.

Etching and drypoint, circa 1641. 155x123 mm; 6 1/8x4 7/8 inches, thread margins. Biörklund's second state (of 2); Usticke's second state (e) (of 2); White and Boon's second state (of 2). A superb impression of this scarce print, with the finest drypoint lines throughout the background printing clearly and with burr on the raised lance of the rider on the rearing horse and in the background lines around the lance, on the rocks in front of the foremost lion and on the face, hair and turban of the rider on the rearing horse. Bartsch 115; Biörklund 41-3; Hollstein (White and Boon) 115.