« 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
- A Stag of 24 points in his lair in the rest (Th. 206)
- A Wild Sow with her Young Ones or Shoats in the Lair (Th. 208)
- Speckled Fallow Deer (Th. 212)
- White Fallow Deer and the Hind; they usually have two Young Ones, reach their strength in the 4th and 5th Year (Th. 213)
- The Roebuck and Doe are able to rut the other Year (Th. 214)
- The Polecat. They have 2. 3. to 4. Cubs and shall reach 10. and more Years (Th. 215)
- Extraordinarily fine scene :
Wolves of 3 to 4 Years and full-grown ones have 8-9 Whelps (Th. 216) - Wolves of 3. to 4. Years and grown up age
Unused rotogravure postcard after Th. 216 - The Lynx, there are two Kinds, have 2. to 3. cubs, and shall live long (Th. 217)
- The Foxes there are two kinds; have 4. to 6. puppies; are able to rut the other year (Th. 218)
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