Johann Elias Ridinger and Johann Elias Ridinger
Lioness Fighting a Wolf
1729-1739
Scroll
Physical Qualities
Etching, Sheet (trimmed within platemark): 373 x 289 mm. (14 11/16 x 11 3/8 in.)
Image: 303 x 280 mm. (11 15/16 x 11 in.)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1946.112.4304
The text printed below the image is a poem by Barthold Heinrich Brockes.
Inscribed: "Recto: below image, lower center, in plate eight lines of text in German beginning "Die bey ihren Jungen von einen Bären überfallene Löwin. / Hier bricht die Mütterliche Lieb in lichten Flamen..."; below image, lower right, in plate "J. El. Ridinger del sculp. et excud. A. V." Verso: lower left in graphite diamond with "2447"
Markings: WM: unidentified, letters
