Hunter Aiming At Hares

JOHANN ELIAS RIDINGER (GERMAN, 1698-1767)

Erscheinungsdatum: 1749

Beschreibung

JOHANN ELIAS RIDINGER (GERMAN, 1698-1767) Hunter Aiming At Hares Point of the brush and grey wash over black chalk, within black and brown ink framing lines on paper Signed, dated and inscribed in pen and brown ink on an added strip of paper: in Silva ad nattura: Delineavit J. E. Ridinger. ano. 1749. Mount size: 11 ½ x 9 in. Drawing size: 10 5/8 x 7 15/16 Johann Elias Ridinger was one of the leading draughtsmen and printmakers in Germany in the 18th-century. Born in Ulm in 1698, Johann s father was a scribe who modeled small equestrian and ani-mal figures in his spare time. His formal artistic training began with the painter Christopher Re-sch. Later, he moved to Augsburg, where he was mentored by animal and still-life painter Johann Falch who emphasized studying from nature. In 1719, he worked with Wolff Freiherr von Metter-nich, who became a close acquaintance and a patron. Ridinger joined Metternich in Regensburg, where he witnessed hunting first-hand and observed horses at the riding school. In 1722, he re-turned to Augsburg, where he studied under painter and engraver Georg Phillip Rugendas. Late in his career, in 1759, he became the director of the Augsburg City Academy. This lively composition is deftly executed in pen, with various lines used to differentiate between the textures of leaves, rocks, and bark. Layers of gray and brown wash indicate shade and suggest distance. The artist s knowledge of animal anatomy and movement is evident in the range of poses he selected for his hilly landscape. Our drawing is similar in scale and execution to Ridinger s Stags in a Landscape in the Metropolitan Museum of Art collection, which the museum acquired in 1974. Loca: 6.3B.D11. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers AP00032

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Hunter Aiming At Hares

Erscheinungsdatum: 1749

Einband: No Binding

Zustand: Fine

Signiert: Signatur des Verfassers