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: 20. 6cm
width: 29. 1cm
dimensions - museum master key:
height: 40cm
width: 50cm
marks, inscriptions, hallmarks:
signature of the performer - lower right, in indian ink: "t hoffbauer"
stamp - bottom left: "carnavalet". Iconographic description:
the louvre on august 29, 1739. Urban landscape, historical event, royal wedding of louise elisabeth, daughter of louis xv, nautical show, party, classical architecture, decoration. Large gallery, ticket office, offices, apollo gallery, ephemeral loggia for the royal family, infanta gardens, perrault facade and colonnade, furniture storage, bourbon arch. Characters in period costume, crowd. Seine, ports with boondocks and woods, quay, banks with counters, boats decorated with pennants, pyrogues, floating rock, small round temple, orchestra, decorated, dragon. Historical commentary:
cf. Hoffbauer and a. Bonnardot: paris through the ages, paris, 1875-1882, 3rd delivery, texts by e. Fournier, lithogarphy of e. Cicéri; reed. Sand et tchou, paris, 1982, t. 1, p. 155-239, see also the plan of la caille from 1714 (bn est. 3921 5). Perrault's work spanned between 1665 and 1680. Abandoned by louis xiv, the louvre hosted the academies of colbert, architecture, sculpture, painting. From 1737, the annual art fairs opened at the salon carrée. On the occasion of the marriage of elisabeth, daughter of louis xv, to the infante philippe: servandoni, slodtz and gabriel père take care of the ephemeral decorations. Other views see card7929, card07909, card06222, card07927 and d. 8169 (tgc). Cf. J. Hillairet (op. Cit. Card03333), t. 1, p. 61-77, paris and its kings, exhibition catalog, paris, 1988, p. 126-127. 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. 7927. Unknown date
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