Johann Elias Ridinger (Ulm 1698 – Augsburg 1767). Entrée du Sanglier au jardin. The Entrance at the Boar Park. “A grunting boar already is in the boar park, another one just falls into it, and still four are about to follow” (Thienemann). Etching & engraving. (1729.) Inscribed: avec privil. de Sa. Maj. Imperiale / Ioh. Elias Ridinger inv. pinx. Sculps. et excud. Aug.Vind., otherwise as above and with German-French didactic text. 33.8 x 41.7 cm.
Th. + Schwarz 32; Catalog Weigel XXVIII (1857), Ridinger appendix 3A (“Old impressions with the original title. The paper has lines as watermark.”). – From the unnumbered early 36-sheet Princes’ Pleasure , listed by literature as its 20th sheet. – Margins on three sides 2.7-3.5, on the right 4.5 cm wide. – Small wormhole in the lower left subject and small rust stain right outside of the white platemark. On the back scribbles by a collector’s grandson. – Splendid impression of shining chiaroscuro as in such quality rare of old.
Offer no. 15,478 / price on application