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Lot 123 - Jacques-Ignace HITTORF (Cologne 1792 - Paris 1867) and Jean-Baptiste LEPERE (Paris 1761-1844) Restoration projects for the Vendôme Column in Paris: view of the Column with projected new restorations and project for the sculpture surmounting the Column. Pen and black ink, watercolor over black pencil lines. Signed, dated "MDCCCXXX", located and captioned at bottom: "This column, erected in 1805 and dedicated to the Grande Armée by Napoleon in memory of the German War ended in III months under his command, was built with bronzes taken from the enemy. Mutilated in 1814, Louis Philippe I, after Paris had regained its freedom in III days on July 27, 28 and 29, 1830, restored and rededicated this monument to the military and civic heroism of the French. This project consists I) In surmounting this monument with a radiant, winged victory holding a palm in one hand and two wreaths in the other, one of laurel leaves offered to the warriors to whom Napoleon dedicated this column, and the other of oak leaves offered to the heroic citizens who made its restoration possible. II) To replace the old Latin inscription "Neapolio - Imp - Aug - Monumentum - Belli - Germanici - Anno - MDCCCV - Trimestri - Spatio - Ductu - Suo - Profligati - Ex - Aere - Captu - Gloriae - Exercitus - Maximi - Dicavit" with an inscription in French, adding the date of the monument's mutilation, the date of the heroism of the citizens of Paris and the date of the new consecration of this glorious trophy. " Restored drawings, restored missing parts and accidents, small stains, horizontal central fold and small tears at edges. 72.5 x 49 cm Best known for his redesign of the Place de la Concorde under Louis-Philippe and the construction of the Gare du Nord, Jacques Hittorf was appointed architect to the City of Paris in 1830. He was the son-in-law of Jean-Baptiste Lepère, with whom he collaborated on several projects, including the Saint-Vincent-de-Paul church and the restoration of the Vendôme column. Erected by Lepère and Gondouin to celebrate the victory of Austerlitz, the sculpture on top of the column, Napoleon as Caesar by Chaudet, was removed in 1814 in favor of the white flag with fleurdelys. On July 8, 1831, Louis-Philippe issued an order for the reinstatement of a sculpture bearing the effigy of Napoleon. The work Napoléon en petit caporal by Charles Émile Seurre was selected in 1833. Our drawing shows that, as early as 1830, Lepère and Hittorff proposed "a radiant, winged Victory" after David, which "once again dedicates this monument to the military and civic heroism of the French", in the context of the Trois Glorieuses of 1830. This is a particularly interesting piece of documentary evidence, highlighting the political stakes involved in the development of Paris. The project was clearly not to be retained, and a few decades later, in 1863, Napoleon III had a copy of the original statue by Chaudet erected in place of Seurre's sculpture, which can still be seen today despite the destruction of the Column under the Paris Commune in 1871. See Alfred Normand and Charles Normand, "La colonne Vendôme", Bulletin de la Société des amis des monuments parisiens, t. 11,? 1897, p. 128-149.

Estim. 3 000 - 4 000 EUR