Ridinger, Johann Elias (Ulm 1698 – Augsburg 1767). The Stag Hunt. At the edge of the forest stag of odd sixteen points raising amidst the pack of eleven heads attacking on all sides. On the left forest scenery, on the right view over woody heights. Coloured chalk lithograph glazed with albumen and heightened with white by C. F. Herms for J. G. Schwab, Hannover. C. 1830. Inscribed: J. E. Ridinger del. / in der lithogr. Anstalt v. J. G. Schwab in Hannover. / auf Stein gez. C. F. Herms., otherwise in German as above. 41.6 x 47.9 cm.

Comp. Thienemann 143 + Ridinger Catalogue Kielce, 1997, 53 with ills. – Quite essentially enlarged representation in reverse of the “Noble Stag” as sheet 5 (28 x 25 cm) of the set of The Fair Game hounded by the different Kinds of Hounds of 1761, and thanks to the omitted arc above also appearing far more stretched. – The slight fox stipping at the back just as small traces of creases from the front nearly noticeable in the white margin only. Its outermost right top corner torn off. – Here neither for lithograph/publisher nor otherwise provable

extraordinarily  rare  large  decorative  sheet  of  fine  colours ,

together proof of the esteem Ridinger received through the centuries and both proving the need for his motifs as enriching the work.
Offer no. 14,393 / EUR  700. / Export price EUR  665. (c. US$ 1073.) + shipping

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