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Description:
This beautiful antique engraving, completed by the son of a renowned master engraver, Martin Elias Ridinger, displays a wonderful storybook scene as a wolf catches a duck in a pit as its prey. Below the title, which displays in German the content of this scene, is a continuation of the German story below. This engraving appears true to late Northern Renaissance art and engravings in both natural content and detailed engraving style. Common to this era are similar natural themes showing a rich background of thick Germanic forestry, possibly even the Schwarzwald itself. This piece would be a remarkable gift for Deutschland enthusiasts, Northern Renaissance aficionados, or German language and art buffs.
Measuring a total 22” x 18,” this magnificent work is framed in a gold ornate wood frame surrounding a simple yet elegant single tan mat. The unique matting and framing presentation of this piece was individually selected and created by Le Chateau’s renowned master framer, Jeanette Shoenrock, and bears her signature on the back.
This engraving comes with proof of authenticity, two tags from both previous prestigious art and antique sellers- one in Anchorage, AK and the other in Grosse Pointe, MI.
Martin’s father, Johann Elias Ridinger, was a German painter, engraver, draughtsman and publisher. He started his training in 1712 with the Ulm painter Christoph Resch (fl 1701–16), deriving his knowledge of drawing from Joachim von Sandrart’s Teutsche Academie (1675–9). He went to Augsburg c. 1716 and attached himself to Johann Falch (1687–1727), under whom he produced depictions of animals, above all horses, as well as copies of earlier masters. On the invitation of Wolf, Freiherr von Metternich (fl 1706–31), he spent three years in Regensburg: his coursing and visits to the riding school there proved decisive for his development. Returning to Augsburg, he learnt engraving and etching from Georg Philipp Rugendas (i) and after 1723 founded an art publishing house, selling prints that he himself designed and engraved. Apart from series on hunting, definitions of breeds of horses and illustrated lessons for riding and war-horses, there are depictions of wild animals and of zoological abnormalities. Some 1600 engraved, etched and scratched sheets show the animals in characteristic movements and positions in a landscape environment. They are by nature monumental, while their partly ornamental movements show Rococo stylistic tendencies. In 1759 Ridinger became director of the Augsburg Stadtakademie.
After his death his sons Martin Elias Ridinger (1730–80) and Johann Jakob Ridinger (1736–84) continued to run the publishing house. The frequent reprints of his most popular series until well into the 19th century bear witness to the high esteem in which his work was held, as does their adaptation to other media, such as wall decoration, porcelain and ceramics.
| Status: For Sale |
Reference#: RID_E_01_07_22_18 |
| Condition:
Excellent |
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| Height:
18 in. (45.72 cm) |
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Width: 22 in. (55.88 cm)
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| Title:
Wie der Wolff by Martin Elias Ridinger |
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