Johann Elias Ridinger (1698-1767), "Die Bären" (The bears)
copper engraving on paper, inscribed in detail below the depiction on the plate, around 1750, below the depiction text on the bear species with a title in three languages, seven bears on a ledge in front of a stone wall, sheet 31 from the graphic cycle "Betrachtung der wilden Tiere mit beygefügter Poesie des hochgerühmten Herrn Barthold Heinrich Brockes", age-appropriate condition, edges restored, lower left corner reattached, small tears and creases on the right edge, image 27.5 x 41 cm (HxW), overall dimensions 39.5 x 51 cm (HxW)