A rhinoceros (Clara) shown with a lake and palm trees in the background. Etching by J. E. Ridinger, ca. 1748.

  • Ridinger, Johann Elias, 1698-1767.
Date:
[1748?]
Reference:
39300i
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Description

Etching after a drawing Ridinger made in 1748 after seeing the famous "Dutch" rhinoceros in Augsburg the same year

Publication/Creation

A[ugustae] V[indelicorum] [Augsburg] : J.E. Ridinger, [1748?]

Physical description

1 print : etching, with engraving ; image 29.3 x 26.6 cm

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Lettering

Anno 1748 im Monath May und Junio ist dieses Nashorn Rhinoceros in Augspurg... J. El. Ridinger ad. vivum del. fec. et excud. A.V. Five lines in German describe the rhinoceros and its journey through Germany

References note

Description of the drawing that preceded the etching: Sotheby's catalogue, Old master drawings, London 1 July 1991, pp. 26-27, lot 30

Reference

Wellcome Collection 39300i

Reproduction note

Of six drawings by Ridinger three are known today, the other two being in the Witt Collection at the Courtauld Institute, London, and in the former Paul Mellon collection

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