Antique Master Print-BEAR-HUNT-DOGS-Ridinger-1746

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‘ANNO 1720. / HABE DIESE BEHRENS HATZ NACH DER NATUR GEZEICHNET. / JOH. EL. RIDINGER FEC. ET EXCUD. A.V.’

– Dramatic hunting scene with a bear ferociously attacking a pack of dogs on a rocky outcrop above a river. Dogs leap and fall into the torrent below; a chaos of movement in a wild forested setting.

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Description

Medium: Etching / engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 26 x 32 cm (10.24 x 12.6 inch). Image size: 24.8 x 30.5 cm. (9.76 x 12.01 inch).

Condition: very good, given age. Light creasing, foxing and soiling. Several small worm holes in margins only. Slight paper separation at bottom left plate edge. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

JOHANN ELIAS RIDINGER, BEAR HUNT, 18TH CENTURY HUNTING PRINT, THIENEMANN 289, COPPER ENGRAVING, GERMAN BAROQUE, NATURALISTIC ANIMAL ENGRAVING | PCO-EXPO-472-NATURE

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

From the series ‘Genaue und richtige Vorstellung der wundersamsten Hirschen …’ published by Ridinger, Augsburg, 1746.

Reference: Thienemann 289.

Biography engraver: Johann Elias Ridinger (1698-1767) was a prominent German painter, draughtsman and engraver, famed for his precise and dynamic depictions of animals and hunting scenes. He founded his own publishing house in Augsburg.

Additional information

Dimensions 32 × 26 × 1 cm

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