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Ridinger, Johann Elias (Ulm 1698 – Augsburg 1767). The Wolf. Standing to the right on wooded rocky cliff. Below the explained large traces on soft and solid ground with specification of claws and pad. Toned lithograph by Hermann Menzler printed by A. Renaud for L. J. Heymann in Berlin. (1863-65.) Inscribed: Gez. v. J. E. Ridinger, lith. v. H. Menzler etc., otherwise in German as before. 35 x 23.1 cm.
(Joh. El. Ridinger’s Hunting Album) I/16. – Comp. sheet 8 of the “Representation of the Fair Game”, Thienemann 170: “A hungry wolf, howling …”. – From the “(Representation of the best known Game of Central Europe together with Scents or Traces)” carried as 1st part. The whole rare set almost unknown to literature and practically to be completed just peu à peu comprises 80 sheets plus a recently discovered illustrated title of far larger image size (47.5 x 36 cm). Partly compressed to their principal motif or varied in their environment, they are a first degree enrichment of collections . In the picture effect corresponding to that of the aquatint technique not used by Ridinger anymore. – On strong, wide-margined paper and except for a bruise below the image reaching to the subtext of impeccable freshness.
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