Accompanying Exhibition: Hunting Motifs in European Graphics

The accompanying exhibition to the "Applied Arts / Decorative Arts" exhibition presents a collection of graphic prints with hunting themes from the 17th to 19th centuries. On display are works by European masters, especially members of the Ridinger family, led by Johann Elias Ridinger (1698–1767), who was one of the most important creators of hunting graphics during the Baroque period.

The exhibition includes classic motifs such as hare or lynx hunting, falconry, and stag hunting. These works are complemented by models for painters by the Dutch engraver Robert van Voerst (1597–1635/36) depicting forest animals. 18th-century work is represented by Johann Georg Merz (1694–1762), and the 19th century by heliogravures of Austrian painters Franz Xavier Pausinger (1839–1915) and August Schaeffer (1833–1916).

Hunter with dogs and hunted game. Johann Georg Hertel Jr., Augsburg, Germany, around 1760. Paper, etching. 23.5 x 18.7 cm.