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. 1cm
width: 31. 3cm
dimensions - museum master key:
height: 40cm
width: 50cm
marks, inscriptions, hallmarks:
signature of the performer - lower right, in watercolor: "t hoffbauer"
monogram = number - bottom right, in ink: "fh"
stamp - bottom left: "carnavalet". Iconographic description:
petit-pont and petit-châtelet after the fire of 1718, quai du marche-neuf, pont-au-double and saint-charles. Petit-pont in ruins, boucherie gloriette, town hall of king pépin, fishmonger in ashes, covered bridge, hôtel-dieu, infirmary, saint-cosme, saint-charles, saint-antoine (unfinished), dodgers rooms. Seine, boats, firefighters, soldiers, medieval house, half-timbering in flames. Historical commentary:
cf. Hoffbauer and a. Bonnardot, paris through the ages, paris, 1875-1882, 11th issue, texts by ch. Jourdain, lithograph by p. Benoist, pl. Ii, reed. Sand and tchou, paris, 1982, t. 2, p. 219-285. Quay on the hôtel-dieu side, by vellefaux (1620), saint-charles bridge (1606). Cf. Card07910: one year prior view. Other later views bear witness to the gradual dismantling of the annexes of the hôtel-dieu and the development of the place du châtelet, town planning under the prefect haussmann: card05829 (1830) and card05835 (1880). Ref. J. Hillairet (cf. Card03333), t. 2, p. 147. Cf. Photo in the annexed file of the photographic archives of art and history, nº4586. 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. 7911. Unknown date
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