Author(s):
hoffbauer, fédor (neuss, 13–10–1839 - paris, 28–10–1922), designer
production date: between 1875 and 1882
dating in century: 19th century
type(s) of object(s): graphic arts, drawing
name(s): drawing
dimensions - artwork:
height: 20. 2cm
width: 32. 7cm
dimensions - museum master key:
height: 40cm
width: 50cm
marks, inscriptions, hallmarks:
monogram = number - bottom right, in black ink: "f. H"
stamp - bottom left: "carnavalet". Iconographic description:
notre-dame, cité, port aux mûlets, aux tripes (1595), between the petit-pont covered and tour du roi dagobert. Petit-châtelet, episcopal palace, chapel, cloister, le terrain, ramparts, surrounding wall. Hôtel-dieu. Crenellated tower. Seine, horses, riders, pontoon, shore, watering trough, river activity, wood and hay port, boats, transporters, boatmen, goods storage, porter, cart. Historical commentary:
cf. Hoffbauer and a. Bonnardot: paris through the ages, paris, 1875-1882, 12th issue, text by h. Drumont, lithograph by p. Benoist, pl. I, reed. Sand and tchou, paris, 1982, t. 2, p. 289-359. Petit-pont covered in 1552 (engraving by du cerceau). To find out more cf. Viollet le duc and soufflot (excavations in 1756), exhibition at the crypte de paris, "la cité, 2000 ans d'histoire" oct. 2003. Pointe de la cité and nore-dame bedside at other times: card08165 (overview), card07916 (1750), card05836 (1830) and card05834 (1881). Themes / subjects / places represented:
urban landscape
mode of acquisition: purchase
date of acquisition: 22–04–1894
institution: carnavalet museum, history of paris
inventory number: d. 7941. Date: between 1875 and 1882.
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