JOSEF LÖWY (1834–1902) Lot n° 1

JOSEF LÖWY (1834-1902) | The 'Elefantenhaus' before demolition, Vienna 1865 Image Size: 18,3 x 25,2 cm English: Albumen print 21,4 x 26,3 cm, flush-mounted on original card 30,5 x 41 cm, in very good condition. Annotations in the negative "Ansicht der demolololirten Häuser Nr. 7 Schlossergasse u. Nr. 21 Graben" in the upper margin, "Schlossergassel (...) Trattnerhof / Graben / Grabengasse (...)" in the lower margin; photographer's blindstamp "J. Löwy k.k.. Hof-Photoraph WIEN', label with handwritten "C26." and numbered in pencil "M-No.314" on the cardboard. PROVENANCE Collection Dr Christian Brandstätter, Vienna. View of the Graben in Vienna's city center towards the east, where until 1866 a group of houses at the level of Dorotheergasse formed a closure towards Stock-im-Eisenplatz. The two-gabled "Elefantenhaus" bears the inscription of the pharmacy "Zur goldenen Krone" as well as "Caffeehaus und Restauration". It is named after a relief, which already no longer existed at the time of the photograph, commemorating the first elephant ever seen in Vienna, which Maximilian II had brought in his cortege in 1552, supposedly passing through Grabengasse. German: Albumen print 21.4 x 26.3 cm, mounted on original cardboard 30.5 x 41 cm, in very good condition. Inscription "Ansicht der demolololirten Häuser Nr. 7 Schlossergasse u. Nr. 21 Graben" in upper margin, "Schlossergassel (...) Trattnerhof / Graben / Grabengasse (...) "in lower margin; photographer's blindstamp "J. Löwy k.k.. Hof-Photoraph WIEN" and label with "C26." and handwritten numbering "M-No.314" on the box. PROVENIENCE Collection Dr. Christian Brandstätter, Vienna. View of the Graben in Vienna's city center towards the east, where until 1866 a group of houses at the level of Dorotheergasse formed a closure towards Stock-im-Eisenplatz. The two-gabled "Elefantenhaus" bears the inscription of the pharmacy "Zur goldenen Krone" and "Caffeehaus und Restauration". It is named after a relief, which no longer existed at the time of the photograph, commemorating the first elephant ever seen in Vienna, which Maximilian II had carried in his troop in 1552, allegedly passing through Grabengasse.