Johann Elias Ridinger
Master of animal engravings and hunting scenes
Johann Elias Ridinger was a German painter, engraver, draughtsman and publisher. He is considered one of the most famous German engravers of animals, particularly horses, hounds and hunting scenes. He began his training in Ulm with the painter Christoph Resch (1701–16), and later studied under Johann Falch (1687–1727) in Augsburg. He learned the art of engraving from Georg Philipp Rugendas. On the invitation of Wolf, Freiherr von Metternich (1706–31), he spent three years in Regensburg: his coursing and visits to the riding school there proved decisive for his development. His engraved, etched and scratched sheets show the animals in characteristic movements and positions in a landscape environment. The ornamental movements in his works show visibly Rococo stylistic tendencies. He later founded his own art publishing house in Augsburg, where most of his works appeared. In 1759 he became the director of the Augsburg Stadtakademie. His drawings were often executed with precision and taste and hence his work was held in high esteem and was also transferred to decoration, porcelain and ceramics.
Relationship Network
Master student
- Georg Philipp Rugendas Student
Artworks by this artist (44 total)
- Wolf with tracks 1751
- A Soldier in Armor in Front of a Tavern 1724
- Skunk and squirrel 1751
- Marten and weasel 1751
- Sechs Fischotter in einer Felsenhöhle am Wasser 1736
- Ein Eber von sieben Hunden im Wald bei einem Felsen gestellt 1750
- Roe deer with tracks 1751
- Tiger 1751
- Jagdfalken, auf einem Ast eines gefällten Baumes sitzend, unter ihnen ein vorstehender Cocker Spaniel
- Zwei Jaguare mit ihren Jungen in einer Felsenkluft
- Asia 1770
- Ibex 1751
- Lion 1751
- Ein Bär in einer Schlucht von einem Rudel Hunde gestellt 1746
- Hannibals Kampf mit den Helvetiern 1722
- Three hunting dogs 1721
- Reitschule, drei Pferde werden am Seil geführt, in einer erhöhten Loge Zuschauer 1751
- America 1770
- Hare 1751
- Hert met spoor 1751