Into  always , out  nevermore

Ridinger, Johann Elias (Ulm 1698 – Augsburg 1767). The entrance of a Wolf Park. In moonlit thick forest place surrounded by high palisades with the wolf at the dead sheep, fuming with venom at the second one halting at the leap-off point. Etching + engraving. (1729.) Inscribed: Avec privil de Sa. Maj. Imp. / I. El. Ridinger inv. pinxit Sculps. et excud. Aug. Vind., otherwise as above along with multiline subtext in German & French. 34.4 x 42.8 cm.

Thienemann + Schwarz 40; Silesian Ridinger collection at Boerner XXXIX (1885), 1772 (only as new impression); Weitz, (Of the History of Hunting at the Vogelsberg), Museum Hunting Seat Kranichstein, 2006, full-page ills. p. 11.

28 of the Princely Hunting Pleasure as the first hunting set transferred into copper by Ridinger himself and additionally published by himself, conceived textbook-like, in a marvelous impression of also most finely wide margins: 3.5-6 cm above + below, 8.5-9.5 cm laterally, besides in the outer part, particularly below and right slightly fox-spotted. Isolated tiniest tears in the lower margin backed acid-freely.

“ It has this with the entrance of the boar park (sheet 20 of the set) nearly complete conformity … if he recognizes his arrest, he begins after consumed prey and to his custom to howl heart-rendingly through which means one can perceive his arrest especially at night, catch the one alive or bring him within shot with great pleasure, this invention is very good to catch many together, sporting words of him are partly these … and the like more. ”

Offer no. 15,017 / EUR  970. / Export price EUR  921. (c. US$ 1487.) + shipping

“ Sir, yes, (the Rubens) is closer to the one in London (recte Dresden), but the one we have is on copper. Thank you for your time. Highest regards, D… A… (and yes America could use a blessing about now) ”

(Mr. D. A., November 4, 2003)