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
- One of the Largest Sheets from Ridinger’s Publishing House
in Undescribed State
Moses smites Water from the Rock (Th.-St. 1380) - Evangelische Kirchen Visitation (Th.-St. 1381)
- A Trouvaille after Boucher :
The Happy Shepherds’ Life. / Vita pastoritia felix (Th.-St. 1400) - Before the background of what makes for Jerusalem’s Immortalness :
In manus tuas commendo Spiritum meum (Th.-St. 1408) - Against the zeitgeist – Intimate celebration of the family :
Mary with the Child. – Joseph with the Child (Th.-St. 1412 + 1413) - The founder of the “Minims”
S. Franc. de Pavla Fvnd. Ord. Minimor (Th.-St. 1416) - Utterly undescribed 3rd version
as larger-sized variant to Th.-St. 1416
St. Francis of Paula, founder of the “Minims” - Contemporarily Handel composed
Dryden’s Famous Odes for St. Cecilia :
S. Cæcilia, Patroness of Music (Th.-St. 1420)
Here with the harp as rarer attribute - Ridinger’s Memento Mori in the first state
as a Dutch-fed lightning in the master’s work :
Memento Mori (Th.-St. 1426) - The terrific finale
Ridinger’s no frills fantastic main sheet
in the 2nd state of the first version :
Omnia Mihi Subdita / The Rule of Death (Th.-St. 1427)
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publications of the ridinger gallery niemeyer
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art-historical lectures and essays