Vue de l'ancienne façade de l'Hôtel-Dieu après l'incendie de1772, D.6187, Auguste Sébastien Bénard, after 1772

Author(s): bénard, auguste-sébastien (paris, 06–11–1810 - paris, 08–10–1883), designer attributed to meunier, designer production date: after 1772 type(s) of object(s): graphic arts, drawing name(s): drawing dimensions - artwork: height: 48cm width: 71. 2 cm marks, inscriptions, hallmarks: stamp - on the front, lower right, in black ink: "carnavalet" (lugt 432d) inventory number - on the front and back, bottom right, in red ink: "d. 6187" inscription - on a label stuck to the back of the framing cardboard removed on an unknown date, in a fairly old handwriting: "hôtel-dieu before the destruction of the parts built by st louis and françois i designed by meunier" inscription - on a label stuck to the back of the framing cardboard removed on an unknown date, in a more recent handwriting: "view of the sculptures of the portals of the hôtel-dieu by meunier. At the time of the revolution we could still see at the old portal of the hôtel-dieu several very old and fairly well sculpted statues although in stone namely: "st john the evangelist, st roche, st louis and françois i - in 1770 a considerable fire had consumed part of the rooms of the hôtel-dieu as well as part of this portal but the statues remained in place and did not disappear until the revolution - notes by alexandre lenoir" iconographic description: ruins of the hôtel-dieu after the fire of december 29 to 30, 1772. Ruins of the old chapel of the old hôtel-dieu. Gothic and renaissance architecture, statues, portals, stalls. Towers of notre-dame cathedral. Constructions, gables of half-timbered houses, buildings from the 17th and 18th centuries. Various characters. Ile de la cité, current 4th arrondissement. Mode of acquisition: purchase date of acquisition: 12–1930 institution: carnavalet museum, history of paris inventory number: d. 6187. Date: after 1772.