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: 20cm
width: 30. 5cm
dimensions - museum master key:
height: 40cm
width: 50cm
marks, inscriptions, hallmarks:
signature of the performer - lower right, in watercolor: "t hoffbauer"
monogram = number - bottom center, brown ink: "f h"
stamp - bottom left: "carnavalet". Iconographic description:
place de la bastille (1841). Urban landscape, architecture, commemorative sculpture, funerary monument, characters, genre scenes. Canals, bridges, basin, quay, lock, passageway, boat. Saint-antoine district, reserve granaries, train station. Column on circular base, street lamps, grille, golden genie, elephant. Street show, horse-drawn carriages. Historical commentary:
cf. Hoffbauer and a. Bonnardot, paris through the ages, paris, 1875-1882, 8th issue, texts by p. L. Jacob and lithograph by p. Benoist. Reed. Tchou, 1982, t. 2, p. 83-149. Place fitted out, column completed by duc around 1840. The model of the elephant was to be a fountain (removed around 1845); of the landscape of the century before: remains a wall of the henri ii scarp (arsenal station). Extending the canal towards the north, it connects the ourcq to paris. On the side of the tree-lined street (future boulevard henri iv), construction of new granaries in 1810. Cf. J. Hillairet (cf. Card03333), t. 1, p. 153-155, a. Gady, le marais, p. 112-114. 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. 7937. Unknown date
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