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. 4 cm
dimensions - museum master key:
height: 40cm
width: 50cm
marks, inscriptions, hallmarks:
signature of the performer - bottom, in watercolor: "t hoffbauer"
monogram = number - bottom left, in indian ink: "f. H"
stamp - bottom left: "carnavalet". Iconographic description:
cemetery and church of the innocents (1550), between rue aux fers and rue de la ferronnerie, rue saint-denis. Retrospective urban landscape, medieval architecture, genre scene, characters. Mass graves of rue aux fers and rue de la vierge, preaching tower, presbytery, morin tomb, lingères gallery, notre-dame des bois tower, bureaux cross. Gabled and half-timbered houses, mourning sheets. Gothic church, mullion facade, rose window, saint-michel chapel. Vaults, ditches, funerals, burials, shrouds, tombs. Praying, religious, gravedigger. Historical commentary:
cf hoffbauer and a. Bonnardot, paris through the ages, paris, 1875-1882, 6th delivery, texts by abbot v. Dufour, lithograph pl. I; reed. Sand and tchou, paris, 1982, t. 1, p. 347-404 (plates i and ii interchanged). The cemetery houses the graves of the nuns of sainte-catherine. Cemetery established on the champeaux grounds, pre-existing chapel of saint-michel. See also card07922 (1750), card07938 (1855). 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. 7925. Unknown date
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