“ Received the (original Ridinger printing) plate yesterday. Much Thanks from a satisfied customer. You are a True Gentleman … All the Best! L… F. ”
(Mr. L. A. F., November 5, 2003)
« Niemeyer (2015) attests Ridinger ‘pioneering creativity’. »
U. Heise
in Allgemeines Künstler-Lexikon vol. 98 (2017), pp. 472 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
- Fowl Catcher with the fowl Hound (Th. 122)
- One of the finest, most elegant sujets :
Chasseur aux levrieres (Coursing a Hare) (Th. 124) - A Winged Game Marksman on a Shooting Horse
Unused rotogravure postcard after Th. 128 - Bird-catcher going to the Fowling-floor with his Utensils (Th. 131)
- Bird-catcher with the Eagle Owl and those Lime-twigs
Unused rotogravure postcard after Th. 132 - Search Boy who forces the Stag with the Leader
Unused rotogravure postcard after Th. 134 - Le Grand Exemplaire :
The Fair Game hunted by the different kinds of hounds (Th. 139-160)
With the printing plate of the title as solitaire on the board - An Aurochs Hunting (recte the European Bison)
Hermann Menzler’s tone lithograph after Th. 140 - An Elk or Moose Hunt
Hermann Menzler’s tone lithograph after Th. 142 - Available here for the first time :
The Stag Hunt as colored lithograph after Th. 143
Also discover Johann Elias Ridinger in
publications of the ridinger gallery niemeyer
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art-historical lectures and essays