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Object Type
print
Museum number
1917,1208.394
Title
Object:
Venator hieme obdurans et rigidus
(Der im Winter ausdaurende verwegne Jäger)
Series:
Die vier Jahreszeiten des Jaegers
Description
A hunter seated in front of his make-shift tent in a forest, surrounded by his dogs; at left various killed animals, including a bear and a lynx; from a series of four oval illustrations of the seasons on hatched ground. Etching
Producer name
After:
Johann Elias Ridinger
Published by:
Johann Elias Ridinger
Print made by:
Martin Elias Ridinger
School/style
German
Production date
1745-1767
Production place
Published in:
Augsburg
Materials
paper
Technique
etching
Dimensions
Height:
378 millimetres
(Plate-mark)
Width:
278 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references
Thienemann 1856 / Leben und Wirken des ... Thiermalers und Kupferstechers Johann Elias Ridinger, mit ... Verzeichniss seiner Kupferstiche, Schwarzkunstblätter
(112 (4))
Location
Not on display
Subjects
time/seasons
hunting/shooting
Acquisition name
Donated by:
Nan Ino Cooper, Baroness Lucas of Crudwell and Lady Dingwall
In Memory of:
Auberon Thomas Herbert, 9th Baron Lucas of Crudwell and 5th Lord Dingwall
Acquisition date
1917
Acquisition notes
Lugt 1696 on verso.
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1917,1208.394