Loutre. "Spuhr einer Fisch-Otter"

Loutre. "Spuhr einer Fisch-Otter". Drawn and engraved by Johann-Elias Ridinger. Copper engraving. 18th century. Impression on laid paper, 16th plate of the "Abbildung der Jagtbaren Thiere". Minute black marks in the upper plate area, otherwise a very fine impression. Sheet size: 508 x 350 mm. Platemark size: 377 x 299 mm. Johann Elias Ridinger (1698, Ulm - Augsburg, 1767) was an artist renowned for his drawings and engravings, a specialist in animal and hunting subjects.