A Horse, Buffalo, Sheep, and Goat in an Italian Landscape
1726 to 1750
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
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...