3 dessins du couvent des Cordeliers, D.11545(1), Alfred Bonnardot, Entre 1801 et 1900

Author(s): bonnardot, alfred (16–02–1808 - 01–05–1884), designer production date: between 1801 and 1900 dating in century: 19th century type(s) of object(s): drawing, graphic arts name(s): drawing materials and techniques: pen (graphic arts), ink, pencil, paper dimensions - artwork: height: 42cm width: 28. 5cm dimensions - museum master key: height: 50cm width: 40cm description: sheet accompanied by a descriptive handwritten notice marks, inscriptions, hallmarks: stamp - two stamps in red ink: "ville/de/paris" (cf. Lugt suppl. 2012 c) inventory number - in pencil under each drawing: "d. 11545 (1)", "d. 11545 (2)" and "d. 11545 (3)" inscription - top, in pencil: "3-views of cordeliers (from old engravings in the bib. Roy. )" and bottom left, in pencil: "calques de bonnardot" inscription - pencil annotations, from top to bottom: "refectory (dupuytren museum)/cradle under the windows/of readers/court of the convent/12 lines", "shape of the windows/of church/4 steps to/the cross/2", "3" inscription - explanatory manuscript, in pen: "explanation of the references of the 3 views of the cordeliers convent. /according to the grav. Orig. /nº1 prospect of the buildings which serve as an enclosure for part of the 5-sided courtyard of the/large convent of the percs cordeliers of paris, divided into 5 avenues bordered by elms, two of which/are in barrels under the windows of the doctors and the baccalaureates - a - eastern face of the doctors' dor-/touër - b - windows and glass of the chapter - c - windows, windows and building of/the sacristy - d - officers' dormitory - e - gable of the refectoir and dortouër of the young people/brothers - f - tower of the staircase to go up to the dortouër - g - dortouër of the bacheliers/ /nº2 southern prospect of the church of the great convent of p. Cordeliers of paris, / 300 feet long and 90 wide, in which lie the bodies of several royal people, and the most noble of france, and quantity of insignia, religious, and famous doctors of the order, as will be seen in the history which will appear in brief. / - a - the church - b - the chapels - c - gallery of saint bonaventure which leads to the heart - d - part of the cantors' dormitory - e - side of the cloister along the church - f - part of the courtyard or parterre of the cloister, where there are cy-/pas planted - g - stone cross erected in the said courtyard. / /nº3 northern prospect of the three-storey building corresponding to the e-/church of the large convent of p. Cordeliers from paris. - a - dortoüer of the design. . . " registration - continuation of the occ. 5: ". . . - b - dortoüer of the nativity - c - dortoüer of the assumption of the saint/virgin - d - western side of the roof of the dortoüer of the doctors - e -hor-/loge - f - dortoüer of the cantors - g - entrance to the chapter which is 76 feet long and 35 wide, where rest the bodies of the most illustrious of the order, pre-/lats ecclesiastics, preachers and confessors of the kings, raines, princes and prin/cesses of france - h - side of the cloister composed of unequal vaults - i -par-/ground of the cloister -j - stone cross in the parterre. / /n. B-the 3 views are found in the roy bibl. (see 2. Of the ec. Of medicine) accompanied by a 4th. So bad/and so little picturesque which was not worth the effort of being copied. These 4 very bad engravings and 3 times larger/than the copy behind, perhaps date from a period prior to the fire of this convent in 1580. The spelling/references alone seem to indicate a more modern date. In any case the buildings shown here are, without a doubt,/(at least in part) those founded by st. Louis, which makes these very curious nasty images - (they are/drawn or engraved by: i. René rocheran breton, cordelier. D. D d-" iconographic description: 3 drawings of the cordeliers convent (6th arrondissement). We see in the middle drawing the courtyard of the convent and in the background the refectory. We see in the center drawing the south side of the convent church, a gallery and to the right, the dormitory. We see in the bottom drawing the north side of the church, the dormitories, the cloister and a stone cross in the parterre institution: carnavalet museum, history of paris inventory number: d. 11545. Date: Entre 1801 et 1900.