Lot Essay
These four scenes derive from plates 1, 2, 13 and 16 of Johann Elias Ridinger's Die von verschiedenen Arthen der Hunden behaetze Jagtebare Thiere..., published in 1761 (Thienemann 139-160).
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Four hunting scenes, after Ridinger: Dogs attacking a bear in an extensive landscape; Dogs attacking a wild bull; Dogs attacking a fox at the foot of a tree; and Dogs attacking a fox, a cat climbing a tree and an eagle making off with a snake
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Four hunting scenes, after Ridinger: Dogs attacking a bear in an extensive landscape; Dogs attacking a wild bull; Dogs attacking a fox at the foot of a tree; and Dogs attacking a fox, a cat climbing a tree and an eagle making off with a snake
black chalk, pen and brown ink, watercolor heightened with white (1, 3-4), watermark Seven Provinces (1), countermark G (2), Pro Patria (3), in contemporary mounts
each approximately 8 x 13 1/8 in. (205 x 334 mm.) (4)
black chalk, pen and brown ink, watercolor heightened with white (1, 3-4), watermark Seven Provinces (1), countermark G (2), Pro Patria (3), in contemporary mounts
each approximately 8 x 13 1/8 in. (205 x 334 mm.) (4)