Johann Elias Ridinger

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1698-1767

Stag

1739

Graphite, with opaque white, on paper prepared with a gray ground.

13 1/16 x 10 11/16 inches (333 x 271 mm)

Purchased on the E.J. Rousuck Fund.

1973.14

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Watermark: none visible through lining.
Design for plate 6 in the artist's "Abbildung der jagtaberen Thiere mit derselben angafügten Fährten und Spuhren, Wandel, Gänge, Absprünge, Wendungen, Widergängen, Flucht, und anderer Zeichen mehr mit vielen Fleiss, Zeit und Mühe nach der Natur gezeichnet, samt iener Erklärung darüber", Augsburg, 1740. The Library has acquired an impression of this plate, engraved by Augustus Wind (P) 1973.14.

Inscription:

Signed and dated at lower right, "J. E. RIDINGER DEL. 1739 m: x birs in aug."; inscribed by the artist in pen and brown ink below, "disen Hirsch von ungeraden 24. Enden haben Ihro Hochfürstl: Durchl: / Herr Markgraff Wilhelm Friedrich zu Brandenburg-Onolz = / bach A:no 1719. auf Gunzenhauser Wildfuhr Saussenhofer / Lohlein in einem Bestaett = Tagen selbst geschossen!"

Provenance:

John Fleming, New York.

Associated names:

Fleming, John, former owner.

Bibliography:

Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Seventeenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1972-1974. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1976, p. 178.

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