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: 18. 1cm
width: 29. 6cm
dimensions - museum master key:
height: 40cm
width: 50cm
marks, inscriptions, hallmarks:
monogram = number - bottom right, in ink, monogram: "fh"
inscription concerning the model - bottom left, in pencil: "châtelet (1830) "paris through the ages" 2nd delivery - litho by ph. Benoist. Pl. V"
iconographic description:
place du châtelet, pont-au-change, saint-jacques tower, chamber of notaries (1830). Fontaine au palmier: column, golden victory, facade, buildings, business, manoury café, restaurant, sign: "[. . . ]ant du veau qui tette", shop: "crepinaine porcelaine"; "vars. Igdn", "mouth[. . . ]"; "bertin fils se", "martin. Ste. Duponche[. . . ]; "au lancier", "cafe du pont // change"; "hairdresser / replacement"; "charles se"; "[. . . ]acement // military", "cafe mole". Seine, bank, floating bath: "20ces men baths a fond de bois men 20ces", fishermen, second-hand booksellers, cars horse, street lights. Historical commentary:
cf. Hoffbauer and a. Bonnardot: paris through the ages, paris, 1875-1882, 2nd issue, texts by a. Bonnardot, lithograph by ph. Benoist, pl. V, reed. Sand and tchou, paris, 1982, t. 1, p. 83-154. Before the construction of avenue victoria in 1852, these were the streets including saint-jacques-de-la-boucherie which joined the halls district. The fountain was moved in 1858, the year the bridge was demolished. A victory which crowns it is kept at the carnavalet museum, the building where the veau qui tête restaurant was located disappeared in 1855. See also card05827, the place in 1876 with the theaters built by davioud. Ref. J. Hillairet (cf. Card03333), t. 1, p. 334 and t. 2, p. 633-635. 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. 5839. Unknown date
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