Johann Elias Ridinger

Johann Elias Ridinger (German, 1698-1767) Die Gems auf der Salzlece du Burchen , c. 1750 Engraving on laid paper, in good condition aside from 1in tear at upper right sheet corner, foxing, surface soiling and rubs, soft handling and printing creases throughout, not framed. image & text 12 3/4 x 15 3/4in sheet 15 3/4 x 20 1/4in PROVENANCE: Private Collection, Northern California

Johann Elias Ridinger (Ulm 1698-1767 Augsburg) The lynx signed and dated 'J.E. Ridinger del. 1759.' black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash, pen and brown ink framing lines 14 1/8 x 10¾ in. (36 x 27.3 cm.) (sheet); 9½ x 10¼ in. (24 x 26 cm.) (drawing) to be sold with the related engraving (2) Engraved By the artist, 1761. Lot Notes Ridinger, who is best-known for his superbly detailed prints and drawings of animals, studied in Ulm, Augsburg and Regensburg before returning to Augsburg in 1722 to establish a successful studio and print-publishing business. The present drawing and its related engraving belong to a series of prints entitled 'Die von verschiedenen Arthen der Hunden behaetzte Jagtbare Thiere', which was published in 1761 (Thienemann, op. cit., p. 39) and which consists of 22 engravings showing confrontations between wild animals and various breeds of hunting dogs. Thienemann describes how, in the present work, the lynx fends off the intruding dogs with a snarl as it holds its ground on an elevated rock (op. cit., p. 40).

Johann Elias Ridinger (1698-1767) Das Paradies oder Die Schöpfung und der Sündenfall des ersten Menschenpaares ('Paradise or The Creation and the Fall of Man') (T. 807-818) the complete set of twelve etchings, circa 1746, on laid paper, good impressions, trimmed inside the image but retaining an area of blank paper outside the subject and text border, laid down onto card board and stuck to front mounts, one plate torn and stained, the others with some foxing and minor defects at the sheet edges, the subjects generally in good condition, all framed 350 x 515 mm. (images) (12)

Johann Elias Ridinger (Ulm 1698-1767 Augsburg) A girl giving a sportsman a drink outside an inn with inscription 'J:E: Riedinger del.' on the mount red chalk, red wash, heightened with white, on an 18th Centurymount 9 5/8 x 6 7/8 in. (244 x 175 mm.); and a drawing of a man in thehouse of a giant by an 18th Century French (?) artist (2)

Signed lower left with addition writing; possibletitle {indecipherable]. Depicts mystical mythological scene withputties and possible Bacchus [God of wine and of pleasures]. Versopencil #ed 327. Contemporary custom framing by Museum framer.Textured silk mating. Provenance; part of the extensive old mastercollection purchased personally in 1980s from direct heir. Condition: Excellent condition.