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. 3cm
width: 30. 1cm
dimensions - museum master key:
height: 40cm
width: 50cm
marks, inscriptions, hallmarks:
signature of the performer - lower right, in watercolor: "t hoffbauer" and monogram: "fh"
monogram = number - bottom right, in watercolor: "fh"
stamp - bottom right: "carnavalet". Iconographic description:
ile de la cité, palais de justice, théâtre de la cité and the pont au change. Bridge under construction (pier and quay) clock tower, empty dial and lantern, conciergerie. Facade of the theater with inscription: "[ma]gasin a fixed price // [t]heatre de la cite". Half-timbered houses on rue pelleterie under demolition, tannery, frames visible. Seine, river activity and professions: boat, boatmen, workers, pickers, building contractors and tools. Historical commentary:
cf. Hoffbauer and a. Bonnardot: paris through the ages, paris, 1875-1882, 4th issue, texts by j. Cousin and lithograph by ph. Benoist, pl. Iii reed. Sand and tchou, paris, 1982, t. 1, p. 214-289. See d. 8167 (tgc, overview of the 16th century), card03332 (1621), card07915 (1650), card05821 (1855), its commentary and card05825 (1876). Pont-aux-change and quai desaix (current quai de corse) under construction. 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. 7917. Unknown date
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