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, Geschildert Von Georg Aug. Wilh. Thienemann, pastor Jubilar. Et Emer., Ritter Des Rothen Adlerordens Etc., Und Mehrerer Naturhistorischen Gesellschaften Ordentlichem Oder Ehrenmitgliede. Nebst Ridinger's Portrait In Stahlstich Und XII Aus Seinen Zeichnungen Entlehnten Kupferstichen. -

Georg August Wilhelm Thienemann

RA Collection: Book

Record number

07/193

Author

Imprint

Leipzig,: 1856., Rudolph Weigel.

Physical Description

xxxi, [i], 300 p., frontis. (port.), [10]pl.; 218 mm. (Octavo.)

Contents

[Half-t., frontis. (port.), t.p., dedic.] - Vorwort - Einleitung - Inhaltsverzeichniss - Erklärung ... - [Text and pl.] - Nachträge Und Berichtigungen; [colophon].

Responsibility Note

The frontispiece portrait of Ridinger is signed as painted by J. Seuter and engraved by L. Sichling; pl. [1], [3], [4], [5], [6], [8], [10], [12] are signed as drawn by J.E. Ridinger; pl. [2], [7] are unsigned; pl. [9], [11] are signed as drawn by J.E. Ridinger and engraved by J.C. Loedel (?).

References

Johann Elias Ridinger, 1698-1767 [exhibition catalogue] (1967); W. Stubbe, Johann Elias Ridinger: Die Jagd in der Kunst (1966).

Summary Note

The frontispiece shows a portrait of J.E. Ridinger. The other plates show drawings of animals, in which Ridinger was a specialist.

Provenance

The front pastedown is inscribed in pencil 'S.A.H.', i.e. S.A. Hart, librarian of the Royal Academy 1864-81.

Binding Note

19th-century blue cloth; red morocco spine-label lettered 'Thienemann. Ridinger.'

Name as Subject

Subject

Artists - Draughtsmen - Engravers - Engravings (prints) - Germany - Augsburg - History - 18th century
Animals
Art history - Biography - Catalogues - Germany - 19th century

Contributors

Rudolph Weigel, publisher
Johann Elias Ridinger, source artist