« Many times the drawing presents the finest opportunity
to value a master’s artistic greatness properly. »
Herbert Girardet in Horst Vey,
(Herbert Girardet Collection – Dutch and Flemish Masters),
catalog of the exhibition Cologne & Rotterdam 1970, pp. 8 f.
Drawings
Masterdrawings
Sketches — Illustration Designs
from 5 Centuries
- Pfeiffer, Josef Anton. Female Hound with Six Puppies
- The perhaps most spectacular drawing of the 18th century :
Ridinger, Johann Elias. Alexander the Great at the Hyphasis Autumn 326 B.C. - The large drawing from the collection of Alexander Count of Faber-Castell :
Ridinger, Johann Elias. Daniel in the Den of Lions
as symbolic parable for the Israelites - Outline design in original size of just the hounds :
Ridinger, Johann Elias. Smooth and shaggy common Greyhounds - 3 x illustrious prior possession
Ridinger’s “Ingenious Sketch”
Ridinger, Johann Elias. Big Wild He-cat dispensing Justice among Three Ducks
Red chalk related to Th. 180, 1069 & 219 as well as ideally 389 - Intimate Cabinet Drawing of the Jolles Collection :
Ridinger, Johann Elias. An Old Horse’s Upper Jaw-Bone as seen from Below - Ridinger, Johann Elias. Lion in profile to the right, standing with the fore paws on a killed wild boar
2 sketches - Still without the 3rd hare :
Ridinger, Johann Elias. Lying in wait for Hares
and How They are driven by the Stoberhund
Traced & ruddled preparatory drawing in reverse
from the Dr. Edward Peart Collection - From the master’s “Painterlies” :
Ridinger, Johann Elias. A Lynx by the Turnpike - The beginning of a decades-long chain :
The 16-year-old Ridinger’s fully valid drawing
Ridinger, Johann Elias. Mule from Front
“ … Thank you again for your considered thoughts. I am interested in the ‘Clara’ piece. Please describe the process for completing a transaction for #15,275 ”
(Mr. M. P., December 8, 2008)