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Kunst- und Auktionshaus Quedlinburg

1139 - Johann Elias Ridinger, "Mit dem Raub spilender Tiger", big cat with prey, "Entwurf einiger Thiere"

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Johann Elias Ridinger, "Mit dem Raub spilender Tiger", big cat with prey, "Entwurf einiger Thiere" (1698 Ulm – 1767 Augsburg), etching on paper, inscribed in the plate lower right "J. E. Ridinger inv. fec. et exc. A. V.", titled below the image "Mit dem Raub spilender Tiger.", sheet from the series "Entwurf einiger Thiere", Augsburg 1738 to 1754. Spotted big cat with tail raised high in a vaulted room beneath a round barred window, its head lowered over a bird with long tail feathers lying on its back, tufts of grass at front left. Condition commensurate with age, slightly stained, small marginal defects. Image 16x13.5 cm (HxW), passe-partout, overall 30x24 cm (HxW). Born in Ulm, Johann Elias Ridinger (1698 to 1767) settled in Augsburg, where he ran his own art dealership and from 1759 headed the Augsburg Academy. The plate work "Entwurf einiger Thiere" was self-published in seven parts of 18 sheets each. The full title promises animals "nach ihren unterschiedenen Arten, Actionen und Leidenschaften". Ridinger's other series include the animal fables and hunting series such as "Die par force Jagd des Hirschen" with 16 sheets.

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