« But who wants to become aquainted with Ridinger’s whole mastership
must reach for his drawings for only they show his whole genius. »
Karl Sälzle, 1980
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 Counts Faber-Castell Collection :
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
„ soeben wurde die (Ridinger-)Gams zugestellt - unversehrt. Herzlichen Dank für die prompte und professionelle Abwicklung “
(Herr G. R., 29. Juli 2016)