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…  and  dating  back  to  common  days  in  Augsburg

when  they  perfected  themselves  together

at  the  great  horse  painter  Rugendas

Ridinger, Johann Elias (Ulm 1698 – Augsburg 1767). Anno 1740. this Noble Horse, a White Horse spotted with light and dark brown, also grey spots, with black extremities, marked at ears, mouth, and thighs, has been painted from life

in  the  imperial  riding-stable  at  Vienna .

Stepping out, in dominant pose in slightly hilly landscape with three further horses in the middle-distance, one of which resting. Etching and engraving after August Querfurt’s (Wolfenbüttel 1696 – Vienna 1761) painting from life. (1745/46.) Inscribed: 44. / Aug. Querfurth. pinx. / J. El. Ridinger Sc: et excud., otherwise in German as before. 34.7 x 27.9 cm.

August Querfurt/Johann Elias Ridinger, Horse

Thienemann + Schwarz 286. – Sheet 44 of the Wondrous Stags and other peculiar Animals. – “The six horses which are contained in the collection have been sold separately later.” – Brown or mold spot in the sky part barely noticeable from the front. – Very fine toned impression on light laid paper with wide upper and lower margins of 6.2 and 6.5 cm resp.
Offer no. 28,600 / EUR  860. / export price EUR  817. (c. US$ 1112.) + shipping


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