Johann Elias Ridinger (Ulm 1698 – Augsburg 1767). The Reindeer obtain their Height and Power in their Fifth Year usually have but one calf. A capital stag, harnessed, but broken, in imperial position amidst a winter landscape at northern lights. Sidewards and much smaller a sleigh span. Etching + engraving. (1736.) Inscribed in the plate: Cum Priv. Sac. Cæs. Majest. / I. El. Ridinger inv. pinx. sculps. et excud. Aug. Vind., otherwise in German/French/Latin as before. 34.8 x 42.8 cm.
Thienemann + Schwarz 230. – Sheet 35 (only as a ruin in the rich 1885 Silesian Ridinger collection at Boerner XXXIX, 1799) of the “Study of the Wild Animals along with the Excellent Poetry of the Highly Famous Mr. Barthold Heinrich Brockes” as rich subtext in German. – Splendid impression of this wonderful item. – Typographic and large figurative (crown coat-of-arms with tag) watermarks. – Laterally left in the wide white margin two parallel pricks each from previous loose stitching of installments.
Offer no. 28,934 / price on request