Sechs Köpfe von Hunden verschiedener Rasse.

Augsburg, 1742. Etching and engraving; studies of heads of 6 dogs, intended as drawing examples. Lettered at top '3', and at bottom 'Joh. El. Ridinger del. fec. et exc. A.V.' 24,3 x 15,8 cm.*Thienemann No. 739. Plate 3 from the series 'Neues Zeichnungsbuch darin wilde und zahme Thiere auch Feder Wild vorgestellet und nach dem Leben gezeichnet. Augsburg 1742'. The German painter, etcher and publisher of prints and drawings Johann Elias Ridinger was born in Ulm 1698, came to Augsburg 1713/14, and 1718/19 back to Augsburg, after three years of being in Regensburg. 1759 he became director of the 'Stadtakademie Augsburg', where he died in 1767. - Partly mounted, lightly browned, trimmed within platemark.[(5884)].