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Group of four mezzotint hunting plates.

Creator: Johann Elias Ridinger
Offered by: Shapero Gallery

Description
RIDINGER, Johann Elias.
Group of four mezzotint hunting plates.
Augsberg, n.d. circa 1750.

4 mezzotint engravings by and after Ridinger (c.55 x 43 cm.), margins on all sides.

A fine group showing 2 male and 2 female hunters along with the spoils of the chase. Each plate titled beneath image with lines of appropriate verse in German and Latin.

Johann Elias Ridinger (1698-1767) was a German painter and engraver who studied at Ulm before establishing himself in Augsburg where he soon made a great reputation for animal paintings. He became the official painter for several great nobles, aficionados of the hunt. As here he represented animals accurately in the midst of well-worked landscapes.

Framed and glazed, overall size: 68.5 cm by 58.5 cm. by 5cm.

More Information

Documentation:	Ample Provenance
Origin:	Germany
Period:	18th Century
Materials:	Mezzotint engravings on paper
Condition:	Good. Good
Creation Date:	1750
Styles / Movements:	Old Master, Other
Book References:	Not listed in Schwerdt. Thienemann, Leben und Wirken des ... Johann Elias Ridinger, 1856, 1106-1109.
Dealer Reference #:	99409
Incollect Reference #:	500319

Dimensions

W.	16.93 in;	H.	21.65 in;
W.	43 cm;	H.	55 cm;

Message from Seller:

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