Jager legt aan op een edelhert in het water onder een oude boom
Medium
brush
Dimensions
275; 200
About this artwork
penseel in grijs en bruin, potlood, doorgegriffeld
Art Historical Context
Johann Elias Ridinger, a prolific 18th-century German artist renowned for his vivid depictions of animals and hunting scenes, created *Jager legt aan op een edelhert in het water onder een oude boom* in 1735. This drawing captures a tense moment in the hunt: a hunter taking aim at a majestic red deer wading in water beneath an ancient tree. Measuring just 275mm high by 200mm wide, it exemplifies Ridinger's mastery of wildlife artistry during the Baroque era, when such subjects symbolized nobility, nature's drama, and human prowess. Executed in brush with grays and browns, accented by pencil a...
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 ...