Johann Elias Ridinger (1698-1767)

A roaring Lion looking up by a Rock

Details

Johann Elias Ridinger (1698-1767)
A roaring Lion looking up by a Rock
black chalk, brown and grey wash, fragmentary watermark Strasburg lily, brown ink framing lines, the upper corners cut
210 x 250 mm.

Provenance

Ridinger's Heirs.
J. Weigel, 1830-6.
R. Weigel.
An unidentified collector's number 'N^o 416' (verso).

Literature

Presumably G.A. W. Thienemann, Leben und Wirken des ... Johann Elias Ridinger, Leipzig, 1856, p. 276, no. 520, 5q.

Engraved

By the artist, Der auf den Angrif laurende Löw, from a series of eight prints of lions dated 1758-60 (Thienemann 520).

Lot Essay

A comparable study for Thienemann 519, signed and dated 1760 and of comparabale format including the oblique corners, was with Karl & Faber, Munich, Johann Elis Ridinger, exhib. cat., 1979-80, no. 22, illustrated.

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