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: 18. 5cm
width: 30. 2 cm
dimensions - museum master key:
height: 40cm
width: 50cm
marks, inscriptions, hallmarks:
signature of the performer - lower right, in watercolor: "t hoffbauer"
stamp - bottom left: "carnavalet". Iconographic description:
the city, port aux oeufs, fire on the pont aux change, clock tower, the palace (1621). View between the crescent and the grand cygne et des singes houses. Medieval architecture, historicizing nightlife, characters. Covered wooden bridge, house in flames, houses of the image, the bell, the shield of france, the black head, the angel. Half-timbered facade, window, roof, balcony, warehouse, vat, drying, tanner's workshops, dyer. Strike, seine, river activity, merchant boat, transporter, barrels. Bell tower, sainte chapelle spire. Historical commentary:
cf. Hoffbauer and a. Bonnardot: paris through the ages, paris, 1875-1882, 4th issue, texts by j. Cousin and lithograph by a. De bayalos (pl. I), reed. Sand and tchou, paris, 1982, t. 1, p. 241-289. See d. 8167 (tgc, 16th century overview), card07915 (1650), card07917 (1800), card5821 (1855) and card05825 (1855). A footbridge replaced it until 1639, when it was renovated in stone with dwellings (1647). Rue de la pelleterie district. See engraving by charles meryon (bonnardot collection). The fire extended from pont-aux-marchands (card07932)
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. 3332. Unknown date
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