Stags in a Landscape, Johann Elias Ridinger, early to mid-18th century

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Stags in a Landscape, early to mid-18th century, Pen and brown ink, brown wash, 9 3/4 × 13 1/4 in. ( × cm), Drawings, Johann Elias Ridinger (German, Ulm 1698–1767 Augsburg), Ridinger was the eighteenth-century German animalier par excellence. In over 1200 drawings he depicted many representatives of the animal kingdom, as well as animal tales. His father, a scribe, who modelled small equestrian and animal figures in his spare time, might have spurred his son's interest in these subjects

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Size: 5119px × 3783px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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