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. 8cm
width: 32. 2cm
dimensions - museum master key:
height: 40cm
width: 50cm
marks, inscriptions, hallmarks:
signature of the performer - lower right, in watercolor: "t hoffbauer" and monogram: "fh" in ink
monogram = number - bottom right, ink: "f. H"
stamp - bottom left: "carnavalet". Iconographic description:
palais cardinal in 1645. Courtyard, french garden, flower beds with embroidery, paths planted with trees. Completed richelieu hotel, bons-enfants island, mélusine and roche-guyot mansions. Bell towers and pinnacles of the saint-honoré, saint-thomas and nicolas churches. Historical commentary:
read: hoffbauer (cf. Card07924), pl. Ii (original ed. From 1875-1882), 10th delivery, texts by e. Fournier, lithograph by p. Benoist, pl. Ii, réed. Tchou, paris, 1982, t. 2, p. 153-217. Genesis palace: card07935 (1645), card07942 (1794), card05822 (1880). Richelieu bought the hôtel d'angennes de rambouillet in 1624 and part of the hôtel d'armagnac in 1636 on the bons-enfants island (see the roche-guyot and mélusine hotels), to build his residence. For the successive stages of the expansion of the palais royal, cf. J. Hillairet (op. Cit. Card03333), t. 2, p. 216-224, and hoffbauer (op. Cit. ). See a view from 1670 engraved by hoffbauer, carg020784, etching signed (graphic arts cabinet of the carnavalet museum)
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. 7935. Unknown date
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