A Horse, Buffalo, Sheep, and Goat in an Italian Landscape

A Horse, Buffalo, Sheep, and Goat in an Italian Landscape by Johann Elias Ridinger after Johann Heinrich Roos

Medium

etching and engraving on laid paper

Dimensions

sheet (trimmed within plate mark): 25.4 x 29.8 cm (10 x 11 3/4 in.)

Classification

Print

Department

CG-E

Museum

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Robert A. Hauslohner

Accession Number

1991.116.125

Art Historical Context

Welcome to the National Gallery of, where we encounter *A Horse, Buffalo,, and Goat in an Landscape*, a captivating 18th-century print created by Johann Elias Ridinger after the Baroque master Johann Heinrich Roos. Dating between 1726 and 1750, this and engraving on laid paper (trimmed to 25.4 x 29.8 cm) depicts a harmonious pastoral scene: noble animals grazing amid the sunlit hills and ruins of an idealized Italian countryside. Roos, renowned for his lively animal studies and luminous landscapes inspired by his time in Italy, provided the original composition, which Ridinger faithfully repro...

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