Place des Vosges, 4ème arrondissement, Paris. D.8021(109)(2), Léon Leymonnerye, En 1870

Author(s): leymonnerye, léon (1803 - 1879), designer other title: place royale or vosges. (inscribed title (letter)) production date: in 1870 type(s) of object(s): drawing name(s): drawing place(s) of execution/production: paris dimensions - artwork: height: 9cm width: 9. 8cm description: assembly common to numbers d. 8021(109) to (111). Marks, inscriptions, hallmarks: inscription concerning the title - on the front, on the mount, at the bottom center, in brown ink: "place royale ou des vosges. ". Signature and date - on the front, on the image, lower left, in black ink: "ll 1870". Inscription - on the front, on the mount, lower right, in black ink: "e. 18048 (109)". Inventory number - on the front, on the mount, bottom left, in black ink: "d. 8021 (109)". Iconographic description: urban landscape. View of place des vosges. Red brick residential buildings with slate roofs. In the foreground, square louis xiii with fountain. Historical commentary: the donor classified this collection into 19 series: 1) paris, right bank; 2) enclosure barriers removed on january 1, 1860; 3) plans and overviews; 4) bridges and railways; 5) hotels; 6) ile notre-dame - ile st. Louis; 7) paris, left bank; 8) colleges - schools; 9) hospitals - hospices; 10) convents - communities; 11) hotels, ceremonies, churches, miscellaneous; 12) passages, courtyards, cities, villas,. . .;13) churches; 14) public festivals, theaters, balls, concerts, etc.;15) ancient paris following brétez, bullet, dulaure, israel, henriet, callot, gomboust, israel silvestre. . . , pregnant of philippe auguste; 16) town halls; 17) domes; 18) sieges of the prussians 1870-71; 19) fountains, reservoirs. A manuscript of 6 sheets entitled: "alphabetical catalog of sketches from nature taken in paris until 1876", lists in alphabetical order the parisian places drawn by the artist. Themes / subjects / places represented: urban landscape acquisition method: manual donation name of donor, testator, seller: dutripon (mr) date of acquisition: 1950 institution: carnavalet museum, history of paris inventory number: d. 8021(109). Date: En 1870.