Author(s):
hoffbauer, fédor (neuss, 13–10–1839 - paris, 28–10–1922), designer
type(s) of object(s): graphic arts, drawing
name(s): drawing
dimensions - artwork:
height: 19. 5cm
width: 30. 5cm
dimensions - museum master key:
height: 40cm
width: 50cm
marks, inscriptions, hallmarks:
signature of the performer - lower right, in watercolor: "t hoffbauer"
stamp - bottom right: "carnavalet". Iconographic description:
pointe de l'ile de la cité between pont-neuf and pont-au-change. Palace of justice, conciergerie and sainte-chapelle, notre-dame. Place dauphine and rue de harlay. Saint-louis, conciergerie prison (tours d'argent, bombec, césar), tower, bathroom, montgomery tower, medieval houses, main facade of the cathedral, harlay brick buildings, henri iv style. Pont-neuf: market, stalls, median, sculpture, equestrian statue of henri iv; banks, river and port activity, seine, water mills, samaritaine pump, wheelboat, boats, transport and depots of goods,
historical commentary:
cf. Hoffbauer and a. Bonnardot: paris through the ages, paris, 1875-1882, 7th delivery, texts by e. Fournier, lithograph by sorrieu, pl. Ii; reed. Tchou, 1982, t. 1, p. 7-82. Quay completed in 1611, absorbing the islet of gourdaine (card07913). Under henri iv, a. De harlay, president of parliament, had a triangle of stone and brick houses built on the pointe courtyard in 1607. On the pont-neuf (1578-1607) in the 19th century, see card005820, view of 1840 with the shops designed by the architect soufflot. Shops on the clock side disappeared in 1815-16. Pump supplying the louvre and the tuileries established in 1608, rebuilt in 1665; again around 1715. Montgomery tower demolished in the fire of 1776. Cf. Van deputte, ponts de paris, p. 105-125; j. Hillairet (cf. Card03333), t. 1, p. 640-645, 416-417. 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. 7912. Unknown date
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