Ridinger, Johann Elias (Ulm 1698 – Augsburg 1767). (A Frisian Horse.) Longtailed, the right back hand angled, selfconfidentially to the right in a landscape bordered by an estate. Etching + engraving by Johann Gottfried Seuter (Augsburg 1717 – 1800). Inscribed: 3. / a J. El. Ridinger ad vivum depict: et exc: a(t)qu(e). J. G. Seuter (step) filio meo aeri incisi and title in German-French-Latin. 28.3 x 34.4 cm.

Thienemann + Schwarz 578. – Leaf 3 of the four plates of the set of the “Nations of the Horses” numbered Arabic as remained unknown to Thienemann + Schwarz in whose arbitrary order it figures as 17. – Small thin paper spot above of the mane, really little abrasion in the rear field. Quite weak waterstreak in the white upper margin, also in the white margin really slight foxing spots, both irrelevant. On the back surrounding tape from previous framing.

“ A stately strong horse with tressed and dressed up mane stands freely though bridled and shows us its strength. ”

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