Vue du pont de la Guillotière à Lyon, 1760

Blatt: 191 x 338 mm

Physical Description: Watercolour over brown ink on ribbed laid paper

Inventory Number: 1012

Object Number: 1012 Z

Status: Can be presented in the study room of the Graphische Sammlung (special opening hours)

Texts

About the Acquisition

In March 1815, the Frankfurt businessman and banker Johann Friedrich Städel bequeathed his entire fortune and art collection to a foundation which was to be named after him: the 'Städelsches Kunstinstitut'. However, he also dedicated the foundation to the citizens of Frankfurt immaterially, wishing it to be an "adornment and of practical use" to Frankfurt's citizenry. He was thus the first ordinary citizen in the German-speaking region to found a public art museum: the present-day Städel Museum. When he died, his collection comprised 476 paintings, some 4,600 drawings, almost 10,000 printed graphics and valuable books.

Work Data

Basic Information

Title: Vue du pont de la Guillotière à Lyon (Original Title)

Title Translation: View of the Pont de la Guillotière in Lyon

Draughtsman

Jean-Jacques de Boissieu

Period Produced

18th century

School

classicism

Object Type

drawing

Physical Description: Watercolour over brown ink on ribbed laid paper

Material

Technique

Geographic Reference

French

Production Reason

Label at the Time of Manufacture: Monogrammiert und datiert unten links (mit der Feder in Schwarzbraun): DB [ligiert].f. 1760; bezeichnet auf dem alten Passepartout unten (mit der Feder): Vue Du pont de la Guillotiere a Lion De Boissieu 1760.

Captions Added Later: Verso unten rechts Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356), mit zugehöriger Inventarnummer

Watermark

Nicht geprüft

Work Catalogues

Perez (2018) 59

Property and Acquisition

Institution

Städel Museum

Departement

Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline: Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright: Public Domain

Work Content

Motifs and References

Genre

city view

Main Motif

Iconclass

Primary

25I14511 bridge in city with structures, i.e. shops, houses, e.g. Ponte Vecchio in Florence
61F(PONT DE LA GUILLOTIÈRE) names of historical buildings, sites, streets, etc. (PONT DE LA GUILLOTIÈRE)
61D(RHÔNE) geographical names of countries, regions, mountains, rivers, etc. (RHÔNE) (RHÔNE)
25H213 river
61E(LYON) names of cities and villages (LYON)