The former Hôtel de Chevreuse (later known as the Hôtel de Luynes) was a Parisian ''

hôtel particulier An ''hôtel particulier'' () is a grand townhouse, comparable to the British townhouse or mansion. Whereas an ordinary ''maison'' (house) was built as part of a row, sharing party walls with the houses on either side and directly fronting on a ...

'' located at 33

Rue Saint-Dominique The Rue Saint-Dominique is a street in the 7th arrondissement of Paris. It was formerly known as Chemin de la Longue Raye (1355), Chemin des Treilles (1433), Chemin Herbu (des Moulins à Vent) (1523), Chemin de l'Oseraie (1527), Chemin du Port ( ...

(on a site that now includes part of the Boulevard Saint-Germain), just south of the Église Saint-Thomas-d'Aquin.

History

The Hôtel de Chevreuse was constructed in 1660 for Marie de Rohan, Duchess of Chevreuse, by the architect Pierre Le Muet, whose designs were engraved by Jean Marot and published in the ''Grand Marot'' in 1686. Le Muet's ''hôtel'' was in the traditional French style, between court and garden. File:L'Architecture française (Marot) BnF RES-V-371 034r-f75 Hôtel de Chevreuse au faubourg Saint-Germain, Plan (adjusted).jpg, Plan of the ground floor File:L'Architecture française (Marot) BnF RES-V-371 035r-f77 Hôtel de Chevreuse au faubourg Saint-Germain, Plan du premier étage (adjusted).jpg, Plan of the main floor File:L'Architecture française (Marot) BnF RES-V-371 037r-f81 Hôtel de Chevreuse au faubourg Saint-Germain, Face du côté de la cour avec ses profils des ailes (adjusted).jpg, Court facade of the ''

corps de logis In architecture, a ''corps de logis'' () is the principal block of a large, (usually classical), mansion or palace. It contains the principal rooms, state apartments and an entry.Curl, James Stevens (2006). ''Oxford Dictionary of Architecture ...

'' File:L'Architecture française (Marot) BnF RES-V-371 036r-f79 Hôtel de Chevreuse au faubourg Saint-Germain, Profil du côté de la cour (adjusted).jpg, Transverse section of the ''corps de logis'' and elevation of the court facade of the west wing In 1670, the granddaughter of Marie de Rohan, Jeanne Baptiste d'Albert, was born at the Hôtel de Chevreuse. Upon Marie de Rohan's death in 1679, the house passed to Jeanne-Baptiste's father,

Louis Charles d'Albert, Duke of Luynes Louis Charles d'Albert, 2nd Duke of Luynes (25 December 1620 – 10 October 1690), was a French nobleman and peer of France. He was a translator and moralist who was the first translator of the work of René Descartes. Early life Louis-Charles ...

, Marie de Rohan's son from her first marriage. In 1747 the Italian painter Paolo Antonio Brunetti decorated the grand staircase with wall paintings depicting figures in a simulated architecture. These paintings can still be viewed in the Luynes Staircase at the

Musée Carnavalet The Musée Carnavalet in Paris is dedicated to the history of the city. The museum occupies two neighboring mansions: the Hôtel Carnavalet and the former Hôtel Le Peletier de Saint Fargeau. On the advice of Baron Haussmann, the civil servant who ...

. The apartment of

Charles Louis d'Albert de Luynes Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was " ...

, Duke of Chevreuse and

Governor of Paris The Military governor of Paris is a post within the French Army. He commands the garrison of Paris and represents all the military based in Paris at high state occasions. He is also responsible (subordinate to the President of France) for organiz ...

, was remodeled in 1767 by

Pierre-Louis Moreau-Desproux Pierre-Louis Moreau-Desproux (Paris 1727 — Paris 1793) was a pioneering French neoclassical architect. Training Though he did not gain the Prix de Rome that was the dependable gateway to a prominent French career in architecture, his fellow-s ...

. His ''

boiserie Panelling (or paneling in the U.S.) is a millwork wall covering constructed from rigid or semi-rigid components. These are traditionally interlocking wood, but could be plastic or other materials. Panelling was developed in antiquity to make ...

'' and fireplace from the former '' chambre de parade'' of the Duke of Chevreuse was bequeathed in 1962 to the

Musée du Louvre The Louvre ( ), or the Louvre Museum ( ), is the world's most-visited museum, and an historic landmark in Paris, France. It is the home of some of the best-known works of art, including the ''Mona Lisa'' and the ''Venus de Milo''. A central l ...

by the widow of the French industrialist and was refurbished and reinstalled in the Department of Decorative Arts in 2013.Gady 2012."Salle Lebaudy"
at the Atlas database of the Louvre. The ''hôtel'' was partly destroyed in 1868, during the creation of the Boulevard Saint-Germain. The remaining sections were demolished in 1900 to make way for the Rue de Luynes and the

Boulevard Raspail Boulevard Raspail is a boulevard of Paris, in France. Its orientation is north–south, and joins boulevard Saint-Germain with place Denfert-Rochereau whilst traversing 7th, 6th and 14th arrondissements. The boulevard intersects major roadw ...

.Mignot 1996, p. 145.

Image gallery

File:Museo carnevalet, affreschi nell'escalier de luynes (da hotel de luynes), di paolo antonio brunetti, 1747.JPG, The Luynes Staircase at the

File:Chambre de parade de l'hotel de Chevreuse 1.jpg, ''Chambre de parade'' of the Duke of Chevreuse at the

Louvre The Louvre ( ), or the Louvre Museum ( ), is the world's most-visited museum, and an historic landmark in Paris, France. It is the home of some of the best-known works of art, including the ''Mona Lisa'' and the ''Venus de Milo''. A central l ...

File:Panoramique de la chambre de parade de l'hotel de Chevreuse.jpg, Panorama of the ''chambre de parade''

Notes

Bibliography

* Benezit (2006). ''Benezit Dictionary of Artists''. Paris: Gründ. . Also a
Oxford Art Online
* Deutsch, Kristina (2015). ''Jean Marot : Un graveur d'architecture à l'époque de Louis XIV''. Berlin: De Gruyter. . * Gady, Alexandre (2012)
"Boiseries Voyageuses"
''Tribune des Amis du Louvre''. * Mignot, Claude (1996). "Le Muet, Pierre", vol. 19, pp. 144–146, in '' The Dictionary of Art'', 34 volumes, edited by Jane Turner, reprinted with minor corrections in 1998. New York: Grove. . Also a
Oxford Art Online
* Sellier, Charles (1900). ''L'Hôtel de Chevreuse ou de Luynes''. Saint-Denis: Imprimerie H. Bouillant
Copy
at Google Books.

External links

"Boiseries Voyageuses"
by Alexandre Gady, 2012
"Les Amis du Louvre - Chambre du Duc de Chevreuse"
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