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. 4cm
width: 32. 5cm
dimensions - museum master key:
height: 40cm
width: 50cm
marks, inscriptions, hallmarks:
signature of the performer - lower right, brown watercolor: "thoffbauer". Monogram = number - bottom right, in brown watercolor ink: "f h". Stamp - bottom left: "carnavalet". Iconographic description:
chevet de notre-dame, quay, tip of the ile de la citée, bishopric, cloister, pont-au-double, quai des tournelles. Seine, strike, river activity, port, small trades, wash boat, marne, merchandise warehouse, porter, washerwoman, cart, water carrier. Historical commentary:
cf. Hoffbauer and a. Bonnardot: paris through the ages, paris, 1875-1882, 12th issue, text by h. Drumont, lithograph by sorrieu, pl. Ii, reed. Sand and tchou, paris, 1982, t. 2, p. 289-359. Pont-au-double covered by the saint-côme room in 1634 which connects the hôtel-dieu to its 1606 annex. Garden on the land reserved for monks and planted in 1651. Cf. Ponts de paris, j. Van deputte, paris, 1994; card08165 (overview), card05836 (1830), card05834 (1881): cloister and the palace have disappeared, the stone pont-au-double dates from 1847, card07941 (1595). Plan by delagrive in 1751, exhibition at the crypte de paris "la cité, 2000 years of history", oct. 2003. 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. 7916. Unknown date
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