Ridinger, Johann Elias (Ulm 1698 – Augsburg 1767). Mountain Hunter. Chasseur aux Montagnes. Etching and engraving by Martin Elias Ridinger (1731 Augsburg 1780). C. 1764. Inscribed: Joh. El. Ridinger inv. del. et excud. Aug. Vind. / Mart. El. Ridinger sculpsit., otherwise in German as above. 34 x 25.9 cm.
Thienemann + Schwarz 123; Catalogue Darmstadt V.3 with ills. – Sheet 11 (“K.”) of the 25-sheet set of the Hunters and Falconers with their Work, here
“ A fine rocky scenery, on it an alpine hunter with a guide, troubling himself to draw up another hunter to him. ”
On buff paper with typographic watermark. – The wide margin here and there unessentially age marked.
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