« Elias Riedinger (…) has been one of the greatest draughtsmen of the fair game.
We say draughtsman though he was actually painter,
but his drawings and etched sheets, which he did in abundance,
usually are to be preferred over the paintings,
especially the stags of this master are esteemed … »
Johann Heinrich Meyer, (History of Art
[Manuscript between 1809 and 1815 by the Zurich painter/etcher colleague, 1755-1829]), Weimar 1974, p. 290,
quoted from Rainer Michaelis, (The German Paintings of the 18th Cent.
Catalog of the Berlin Inventory), 2002, pp. 173 f.
JOHANN ELIAS RIDINGER
Ulm 1698 – Augsburg 1767
books · drawings · etchings · mezzotints · paintings
In the order of the catalogs raisonné
Thienemann & Stillfried and the Catalog of the Gutmann Collection (Schwarz)
unknown sheets placed in front, drawings integrated as far as possible
- When India stopped the West :
Alexander the Great at the Hyphasis Autumn 326 B.C. of 1723
The perhaps most spectacular drawing of the 18th century - Alexander the Great 326 at the Hyphasis / Punjab
(issue 15 of the publications of the ridinger gallery niemeyer) - Spectacular Ridinger discovery — “Death’s Arch of Triumph”
Allegory of Death (after Andrea Andreani)
“A pasticcio of iconographic, iconological, and artistic citations” - One of the largest Ridinger drawings :
Daniel in the Den of Lions
as symbolic parable for the Israelites - Imperial Thanks
Grant of Arms for Johann Elias Ridinger
Issued by Imperial Count Palatine Ludwig Bartholomäus von Herttenstein
Augsburg 24 August 1746 - 3 x illustrious prior possession
Ridinger’s “Ingenious Sketch”
Big Wild He-cat dispensing Justice among Three Ducks
Red chalk related to Th. 180, 1069 & 219 as well as ideally 389 - Inspired by Watteau :
The work of self-identification for the minimized Ridinger
The Hippocrene or The Donation of Water - Unique in the Ridinger Œuvre
The Intimate Cabinet Drawing of the Jolles Collection :
An Old Horse’s Upper Jaw-Bone as seen from Below - Two undescribed Ridingers and a bow before our female hunters
Young Huntresses in the Character of Diana - With two rarest additions to the “Most Wondrous Deer”
Laifle, J(ohann). Ridinger-Album. A Collection of the Finest and Rarest Deer and Roebuck Abnormities photographed from the Original Engravings
in 50 albumin prints from 1865
in adequate showcase copy of the Red Series
Jan Hendrik Niemeyer
Life · Work · Posthumous Fame in Dates & Annotations
The Great Fact, Reading and Picture Book
In German. 29.7 × 21 cm. C. 250 pages. With numerous partly full-page/color illustrations. Laminated orig. boards in thread stitching. Photo brilliant print on 200 g paper. C. 2nd half 2020. More …
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publications of the ridinger gallery niemeyer
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art-historical lectures and essays
“ Thanks for shipping the print. It has arrived here in excellent shape. Happy holidays ”
(Mr. H. A. P., December 12, 2001)