A Magnificent Stag in a Landscape

1735

Johann Elias Ridinger

Associated Names
Johann Elias Ridinger

Artist, German, 1698 - 1767

This is a drawing of a stag standing in a natural setting. The drawing shows a stag with large antlers in a landscape with trees and foliage. In the background, there is a hill or mountain, with a sky detailed with clouds. The drawing captures the details of the stag's fur and the natural surroundings realistically.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching with engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the Ratjen Foundation

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 45.8 x 30.9 cm (18 1/16 x 12 3/16 in.)
    plate: 41.5 x 33.1 cm (16 5/16 x 13 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2007.111.191

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Wolfgang Ratjen, Vaduz; Ratjen Foundation, Vaduz; gift of the Ratjen Foundation, 2007.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

lower center in plate: Disen Hirsch / Haben Ihr Hochfürst: Durch: Carl Alexander / Herzog zu Würtenberg / Anno 1735 der 22. Aug. in den Vorhalder Frickinhauser Huth. / Kirchheimer Forsts selbst geschlossen; lower right in plate: Joh. El. Ridinger del. sculpsit et excut. A.V.; by later hand, lower right in graphite: Thienemann 255

Wikidata ID

Q76439137

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