No. 22. Tribunal de Commerce (vues de Paris) ca 1865 Stereoview, by Florent Grau

Description: Title: No. 22. Tribunal de Commerce The series:This auction is for a stereoview from the “(vues de Paris)” series, which presents images of Paris as it then was in the late 1850s and early 1860s. There are roughly two hundred numbered views in the series, including some with the same style of mount and label but lacking the (vues de Paris) title. The artist:There is nothing printed on any of these by an artist claiming authorship of these works. A small number from this series represent imperial residences, and a small number of those are clearly from the same negatives as views published by Florent Grau. Grau used as a marque the initials “G. A. F.”, which were his initials in reverse order. I bring this up to suggest that some, perhaps all, of the works in this series are by Grau. Feel free to contact me with evidence for or against this attribution. Many of these have a rubber-stamp on the reverse for A. Hautecoeur, but he was a print and photograph dealer, not a photographer. The History:22. Tribunal de Commerce (vues de Paris). The Tribunal de Commerce was built between 1860 and 1865 on the Ile de la Cité, in Paris. It is perhaps noteworthy for the fact that Baron Haussmann, Prefet de la Seine, required a change to its plan so that its dome would be placed so as to align with his street plan, rather than with its own floor plan, as the architect originally intended. Haussman’s (and thus Napoleon III’s) plans for Paris called for broad avenues to allow the rapid movement of troops, in the event of yet another revolution; but also to allow air and light into the streets and buildings for the health of the inhabitants. He sought to separate public buildings and monuments from the surrounding structures, so that the former could be more easily defended; but also so that they could be viewed from a sufficient distance to see them in their entirety. He also liked to layout his boulevards so that a view along it to its end might frame such a structure. Sometimes, apparently, he also placed structures so as to cap off one of his boulevards.This view has the rubber stamp of A. Hautecoeur on the reverse. Hautecoeur was the dealer/publisher, not the photographer.

Price: 12.95 USD

Location: Boston, Massachusetts

End Time: 2024-11-10T21:04:21.000Z

Shipping Cost: 3.95 USD