Ridinger, Johann Elias (Ulm 1698 – Augsburg 1767). Auer Ochse im Zorn (recte The European Bison in Rage). In front of a stonewall boring open the earth as if he would press down an enemy as Ridinger describes it separately. Etching + engraving. (1738.) Inscribed: J. E. Ridinger inv. del. fec. et exc. Aug. Vind. / N. 37., title as before. 18.8 x 15.3 cm.

Thienemann + Schwarz 427; Ridinger Catalogue Darmstadt, 1999, III.4 with ills. – Sheet 37 of the “Design of Several Animals, As such after their differentiated Kinds, Actions and Passions” (“These plates are very much wanted and often copied”, Th. 1856). – Fine 1^st edition impression with wide margins.
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