Two rutting stags fight in a forest clearing, watched by other deer. Etching by J.E. Ridinger, ca. 1750 (?).

Aug[ustae] Vind[elicorum] [i.e.Augsburg] : J.E. Ridinger, [1750?]

1 print : etching, with engraving ; platemark 33.6 x 41 cm

Die Hirsch brünsst ... Le rut du cerf ...I El. Ridinger invent. pinx. Sculps. et excud. Aug. Vind. The German language lettering is in Gothic script Lettering includes a description, in German, of the rutting behaviour of deer, with a parallel translation in French

Wellcome Collection 562232i