2 sheets: European Eagle (King Vulture) – Eagle in a duel with a wild goose
Details
Literatur:
Vgl. Georg August Wilhelm Thienemann, Leben und Wirken des unvergleichlichen Thiermalers und Kupferstechers Johann Elias Ridinger: mit dem ausführlichen Verzeichniss seiner Kupferstiche, Schwarzkunstblätter und der von ihm hinterlassenen grossen Sammlung von Handzeichnungen; nebst Ridinger’s Portrait in Stahlstich und XII aus seinen Zeichnungen entlehnten Kupferstichen, Leipzig 1856, S. 151, Hinweise zu den Stichen.
Provenienz:
Aus süddeutschem Adelsbesitz;
Karl & Faber, München, Auktion 246, 26.10.2012, Lose 129 und 130;
Privatbesitz, Süddeutschland.
Description
Splendidly executed depictions of a large European eagle. The son Martin Elias Ridinger used the first depiction as a model for a mirror-image engraving (1763), (cf. J. E. Ridinger: Lehrreiche Fabeln aus dem Reiche der Tiere zur Verbesserung der Sitten…). The second sheet probably also served as a model. – Slightly creased in the upper left corner (1), trimmed to the framing line in the upper left corner (1), otherwise in good condition for its age.
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