Hunting for lions and leopards (Chasse au lion et au tigre). 1775.

After the original by P. P. Rubens. 1617-1618.
Engraving, etching. 179 x 235.
The margins are cropped.
In the lower left corner of the image there is a handwritten inscription: Lettelier sculpsit.; on the right: Rubens pinx.
The author and title of the engraving were established on the basis of a comparison with similar engravings by C. F. Letellier, kept in the British Museum (London) and the Netherlands Institute for the History of Art (The Hague).
The original of P. P. Rubens is kept in the Gallery of Old Masters (as part of the State Art Collections), in Dresden.
One of four engravings depicting hunting scenes dedicated to the famous naturalist Count Georges-Louis Leclerc de Buffon (1707-1788).
Inv. G 525.
Rubens, Peter Paul (1577, Siegen – 1640, Antwerp) – Flemish painter, one of the most prominent representatives of the Baroque era, diplomat, collector.