Johann Elias RIDINGER (1698-1767) "die bei Ihren Jungen von einem Bären überfallende Löwin" graphic - copper engraving on laid paper, plate size 37.5 cm x 29.5 cm, sheet size 49.5 cm x 33.6 cm, The fights of savage beasts are by far Ridinger s rarest works. The first 4 sheets are engraved by Johann Elias Ridinger and have texts by B.H. Brockes provided. This exclusive and socially critical statement by Brocke before the storm and stress and more than 30 years before the French Revolution was dynamite and prompted Riedinger to break off the series, which had already been completed in preliminary drawing. At a later point did Ridinger s son engrave the last 4 leaves of the series, but without Brocke s explosive texts. This explains the great rarity of these works.