Paris City Hall - Original Steel Engraving after Gaucherel - c. 1845
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Original antique engraving "Hôtel de Ville de Paris / Casa de la Ciudad de Paris", with the Renaissance front of the building, its bell turret and the equestrian relief above the door, and the Place de Grève with tiny figures. Lettered below "Gaucherel del." and "Lemaitre direxit"; headed "France (XVIe s.) — Francia (S. XVI)", no. 335.
Original antique engraving "Hôtel de Ville de Paris / Casa de la Ciudad de Paris", with the Renaissance front of the building, its bell turret and the equestrian relief above the door, and the Place de Grève with tiny figures. Lettered below "Gaucherel del." and "Lemaitre direxit"; headed "France (XVIe s.) — Francia (S. XVI)", no. 335.
The building shown here, begun in 1533 by Domenico da Cortona, burned to the ground during the Commune of 1871: the present Hôtel de Ville is the later reconstruction, so this view records the lost fabric.
Medium: Steel engraving.
Artist / after: Léon Gaucherel (1816-1886).
Engraver / lithographer: published under the direction of A. F. Lemaître.
Date: c. 1845.
Source: L'Univers pittoresque, Firmin Didot Frères, Paris; France section.
Condition: Foxing scattered over the sheet and a frayed left edge with small tears, from having been removed from the binding; the image is complete.
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Original antique engraving "Hôtel de Ville de Paris / Casa de la Ciudad de Paris", with the Renaissance front of the building, its bell turret and the equestrian relief above the door, and the Place de Grève with tiny figures. Lettered below "Gaucherel del." and "Lemaitre direxit"; headed "France (XVIe s.) — Francia (S. XVI)", no. 335.