Author(s):
hoffbauer, fédor (neuss, 13–10–1839 - paris, 28–10–1922), designer
other title: an execution on the place de grève in 1740. (dummy title)
type(s) of object(s): graphic arts, drawing
name(s): drawing
dimensions - artwork:
height: 18. 2cm
width: 29. 3cm
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:
place de grève and the town hall in 1740. River and port activity, characters in period costume. Seine, boat, boatman, barque, transporter, goods at the dock. Executions, hangings, crowds, gallows, gallows, gothic crosses, knights. Town hall: saint-esprit and saint-jean arcades, clock, statues on the roof, bell towers of the saint-jean-en-grève church, laternon, new facade of classic saint-gervais-saint-protrais. Historical commentary:
cf. Hoffbauer and a. Bonnardot: paris through the ages, paris, 1875-1882, 1st delivery, texts by e. Fournier, lithograph by ciceri, reed. Sand and tchou, 1982, t. 1, p. 9-89. On the genesis of the hôtel de ville (under françois 1er and henri ii): card07920 and d. 8168 (tgc), views of 1583. State of the hôtel de boccador continued by m. De la vallée, hospice of the holy spirit annexed to the hôtel in 1803, saint-jean-en-grève church (restored in 1724-1735) demolished in 1800 (cf. A. Demachy), facade of saint-gervais from 1621. Executions stopped in 1832. Square enlarged in 1778 and 1853. Cf. Card07920 and d. 8168 (view of 1583, card07919 (1842), card05823 (1867), view after fire of 1871 and during the reconstruction by bollu and deperthes card05824 (1878). 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. 7918. Unknown date
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