Deer Resting at Noonday, 18th century

  • Johann Elias Ridinger, German, 1698-1769

Engraving and etching printed on wove paper

  • Plate: 13 5/8 × 11 inches (34.6 × 27.9 cm) Sheet: 18 3/8 × 13 7/8 inches (46.7 × 35.2 cm)

Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps

09.1S1016

Signed, in plate, lower right: J. E. Ridinger fec.

Inscribed, in plate, upper edge of medallion enclosing the image: [Latin inscription]

December 1886, Bangs sale. Mrs. James E. Scripps (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Johann Elias Ridinger, Deer Resting at Noonday, 18th century, engraving and etching printed on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S1016.