Self-Portrait of the Artist's Father in a Forest

after 1767

Martin Elias Ridinger, after Johann Elias Ridinger

Associated Names
Martin Elias Ridinger

Artist, German, c. 1730 - 1780

Johann Elias Ridinger

Artist After, German, 1698 - 1767

The image shows a person seated in a natural setting on a rustic chair. The person has one leg extended and the other bent, holding a long cane with one hand. They have a rounded face and long hair, possibly worn under a cap. They are dressed in a loose-fitting garment with a sash. The background is a lush woodland scene with trees and foliage. In front of the person is an easel with a painting of a deer in a forest, and on the ground beside them is a drawing pad. The background includes trees and foliage, with one tree arching over the scene.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ruth and Jacob Kainen Memorial Acquisition Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to platemark): 35 × 26.2 cm (13 3/4 × 10 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2021.39.11

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Nagler 1835 - 1852: no. 1.

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Paul Proute,S. A., Paris); purchased 2021 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1835

  • Nagler, G.K. Neues allgemeines Kunstler-Lexikon, oder Nachrichten von dem Leben und den Werken der Maler, Bildhauer, Baumeister, Kupferstecher, Formschneider, Lithographen, Zeichner, Medailleure, Elfenbeinarbeiter, etc.. 22 vols. Munich: E.A. Fleischmann, no. 1.

Inscriptions

lower left in image: ipso / inv: et / del.; below image in plate: Wer hat das Thierreich so in seines Pinsels Macht?... / ...Wurde geboren in Ulm Ao. 1698 den 15. Febr. und Gestor= / ben in Augspurg Ao. 1767 den 10 April, in Kupfer ge= / stochen von seinem Sohn Mart. Elias. Ridinger

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