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: 19. 5cm
width: 30. 1cm
dimensions - museum master key:
height: 40cm
width: 50cm
marks, inscriptions, hallmarks:
signature of the performer - lower right, in ink: "t hoffbauer"
monogram = number - bottom right, in ink: "f h"
stamp - bottom left: "carnavalet". Iconographic description:
nesle tower and gate, guénégaud hotel and port, renovated gaillard castle, pont-neuf, smugglers' port (1650), donkey bridge on the seine arm of egouts saint-germain. Urban landscape, 17th century architecture, henri iv style, mansart hotel, characters, professions. Access to the hotel through the enclosure, garden. Facade, house, nesle tower transformed into laundry, window, laundry. Construction on the petit-nesle séjour side. Port activity, wood and coal port, boat, pier, watering trough, fisherman, rider, horse-drawn carriage. Historical commentary:
cf. Hoffbauer and a. Bonnardot: paris through the ages, paris, 1875-1882, 5th issue, texts by a. Franklin, lithograph by bayalos, plate ii. Reed. Sand and tchou, paris, 1982, t. 1, p. 293-345. Hôtel de nesle destroyed. Rue guénégaud opened in 1641, mansart was asked for the construction of the hôtel guénégaud which replaced it in 1648, plays were performed there. Name of conti taken in 1670, when the hotel was transferred to the widow of the prince of conti, anne-marie martinozzi. Château gaillard is home to the brioche puppets. At rue de seine, quai malaquais begins. On the evolution of the conti quay: card07928 (1380), card07936 (1689) and card05838 (1877). Read j. Hillairet (cf. Card03333), t. 1, p. 382-384. 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. 7930. Unknown date
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