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This is a drawing of a stag standing in a natural setting. The drawing shows a stag with large antlers in a landscape with trees and foliage. In the background, there is a hill or mountain, with a sky detailed with clouds. The drawing captures the details of the stag's fur and the natural surroundings realistically.
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This is a drawing of a stag standing in a natural setting. The drawing shows a stag with large antlers in a landscape with trees and foliage. In the background, there is a hill or mountain, with a sky detailed with clouds. The drawing captures the details of the stag's fur and the natural surroundings realistically.

National Gallery of Art · Print

A Magnificent Stag in a Landscape

Johann Elias Ridinger

Date
1735
Medium
etching with engraving on laid paper
Dimensions
sheet: 45.8 x 30.9 cm (18 1/16 x 12 3/16 in.) plate: 41.5 x 33.1 cm (16 5/16 x 13 1/16 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
2007.111.191
Credit line
Gift of the Ratjen Foundation
Time span
1726 to 1750
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • German
  • Landscape
  • Tree
  • Deer
  • Writing
Provenance

Wolfgang Ratjen, Vaduz; Ratjen Foundation, Vaduz; gift of the Ratjen Foundation, 2007.

Inscription

lower center in plate: Disen Hirsch / Haben Ihr Hochfürst: Durch: Carl Alexander / Herzog zu Würtenberg / Anno 1735 der 22. Aug. in den Vorhalder Frickinhauser Huth. / Kirchheimer Forsts selbst geschlossen; lower right in plate: Joh. El. Ridinger del. sculpsit et excut. A.V.; by later hand, lower right in graphite: Thienemann 255

NGA object ID 141011. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.