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: 27. 2cm
width: 43. 8cm
dimensions - museum master key:
height: 50cm
width: 65cm
marks, inscriptions, hallmarks:
signature of the performer - lower left, in indian ink: "t hoffbauer"
stamp - lower left, in ink: "carnavalet" (cf. Lugt suppl. 432d). Iconographic description:
temple enclosure, street, gate with drawbridge, entrance, rue du temple (1450). Charles v enclosure with square towers, crenellated temple ramparts and buttresses. Enclosure: gaol, kitchens, convent buildings, entrance to the mass graves, chapel, parish church, caesar's tower, keep or big tower, small tower, palace of the grand prior, chapter hotel, terms, watering trough, gardens, vegetable garden, trees. Characters in period costume, peasant, religious, porter, cart, rider, guard, soldier. Historical commentary:
cf. Hoffbauer and a. Bonnardot, paris through the ages, paris, 1875-1882, 13th issue, lithograph plate v (unnamed); reed. Sand and tchou, paris, 1982, t. 2, p. 364-417, following. Caesar's tower was used for pilgrims to the holy land. Traces of the establishment of the templar order from the beginning of the 13th century. The keep was built around 1265, under saint-louis, with the petite-tour (current location of rue eug. Spuller). See also card07933 (slightly elevated view at the intersection with rue frépaut (réaumur)). On the evolution of the temple: card07939 (1770), card07934 (1840) and card05833 (1881). Read j. Hillairet (cf. Card03333), t. 2, p. 546-548. 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. 5832. Unknown date
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