Fable V, plate five from Lehrreiche Fabeln aus dem Reiche der Theire
Medium
Etching on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 36.8 × 29.9 cm (14 1/2 × 11 13/16 in.); Plate: 42.4 × 31.8 cm (16 3/4 × 12 9/16 in.); Sheet: 51.2 × 36.6 cm (20 3/16 × 14 7/16 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
153574
About the Artist
Johann Elias Ridinger · 1698–1767
Johann Elias Ridinger (1698–1767) was born in Ulm into an artistic family, the son of scribe and artist Johann Daniel Ridinger and Regina Catharina Miller. He received his initial training in Ulm under the painter Christoph Resch, who instructed him in perspective, geometry, and architecture while assigning preparatory tasks like painting wax models. Around 1713, Ridinger moved to Augsburg, where ...