Reclining Lion

school of Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1660

Artwork typedrawing
Object numberRP-T-1948-408(R)
Dimensionsheight 104 mm x width 184 mm
Physical characteristicsreed 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

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Physical description
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
Dimensions
height 104 mm x width 184 mm

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
Remarks
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.