And the Hide “has Magic Powers also against Leucorrhoea”
Ridinger, Johann Elias (Ulm 1698 – Augsburg 1767). Chat sauvage devient fort grande a son age ont 3. 4. aussi 6. petis. The Wild Cat grows very large in age, have 3. 4. to 6. kitten. Six of them + kitten “in the wild forest’s dark-green shadow night”. Etching and engraving. (1736.) Inscribed: 24. / Cum Priv. Sac. Cæs. Majest. / I. El. Ridinger inv. pinx. Sculps. et excud. Aug. Vind., otherwise as above in German, French, Latin, & below. 34.4 x 41.9 cm.
Thienemann + Schwarz 219. – Sheet 24 of the STUDY OF THE WILD ANIMALS with the subtext of the Hamburg pope of poets, jurist & senator, foremost, however, friend of Ridinger’s, Barthold Heinrich Brockes (1680-1747), in German. – Margins on three sides 2.6-3.1, on the right 4.8 cm wide. – Small worm-hole in the right part of the subject.
“ … Is this animal now just quite pernicious, it serves more, yet, than one thinks, |: which we should recognize :/ for, as soon as they are wiped out, with their colorful hides, great trade is carried on … ”
PAINTERLY-FINE SHEET
– not by chance already in 1901 Ernst Welisch qualified Ridinger as the indisputably “most important Augsburg landscapist of this time” –
IN SPLENDID IMPRESSION RICH IN CONTRAST
of ultimate beauty as in such quality rare since old. For even in exemplary old Ridinger collections the old impressions of particularly this so fine large-sized main set often figure only closely trimmed, damaged, and fully mounted.
Offer no. 15,496 / EUR 980. / export price EUR 931. (c. US$ 1268.) + shipping
„ Ganz herzlichen Dank für Ihre netten Wünsche und die sehr interessante Lektüre (Wild + Hund 23/2008), über die ich mich sehr gefreut habe. Mein Glückwunsch zu diesem schönen Artikel über Ihr Ridinger Wirken und die damit verbundene und verdiente Anerkennung. An meiner ‚Ridinger – Sammlung‘ erfreue ich mich stets aufs Neue. Schon deshalb war die Anschaffung des Pompadour Bandes (1998) ein guter Kauf … Mit besten Grüßen, Ihr … “
(Herr O. v. L., 5. Januar 2009)