Johann Elias Ridinger (Ulm 1698 – Augsburg 1767). The Four Seasons of the Hunter. 4 sheet. Etchings with engraving in oval with hatching of the corners by Martin Elias Ridinger (1730 Augsburg 1780). Inscribed: Joh. El. Ridinger inv. del. et exc. Aug. Vind. / Mart. Elias Ridinger sculps. (l. 3: sculpsit), otherwise in German with sheet title + quatrain in German-Latin parallel text. 37.3-37.5 x 27.5 cm.
Thienemann + Schwarz 109-112; Helbing XXXIV, 251; Schwerdt III, 136. – Adequately perfect copy of shining chiaroscuro “Of rare beauty and evenness” as the one quoted by Helbing one hundred years ago. With a sheet size of 50.7 x 35 cm (Schwerdt: 53.7 x 36 cm).
Offer no. 14,657 / sold