A history of French architecture from the death of Mazarin till the death of Louis XV, 1661-1774 . i^uce. oe ihastA, de SSiLeud inedU rue on tefrvpie cux oejsein du S. Cottnn. ^ 51 ;> 1 ?^ 1 ^ St 2 5 — ^ .J -^ O ^\) o ^ ^ 5 j; t I. HOTEI, Di: P. COTTAKT (p. Il8) [I. TO FACE 1. IlS COTTART 119 modestly, Je ne vante pas beaucoup le bastiment de cette maison,mais la belle ordonnance et la magnificence de Iouvrage, les bellespeintures et sculptures faites par les plus excellens maistres de Paris,and adds that the credit was mainly due to the fine taste and know-ledge of his employer.
A history of French architecture from the death of Mazarin till the death of Louis XV, 1661-1774 . i^uce. oe ihastA, de SSiLeud inedU rue on tefrvpie cux oejsein du S. Cottnn. ^ 51 ;> 1 ?^ 1 ^ St 2 5 — ^ .J -^ O ^\) o ^ ^ 5 j; t I. HOTEI, Di: P. COTTAKT (p. Il8) [I. TO FACE 1. IlS COTTART 119 modestly, Je ne vante pas beaucoup le bastiment de cette maison,mais la belle ordonnance et la magnificence de Iouvrage, les bellespeintures et sculptures faites par les plus excellens maistres de Paris,and adds that the credit was mainly due to the fine taste and know-ledge of his employer. Its modest splendours were soon to be eclipsedby the decorations of the Louvre,^ and the magnificence of Vaux leVicomte; yet the Hotel dAmelot de Bisseuil was a serious effort indesign and decoration, and was so recognized at the time. GermainBrice wrote that it was so full of beautiful things that it deserved themost careful study. Renaudin and Sarazin were employed on itssculpture, Vouet, Poerson, Corneille, Dorigny, and La Fosse on itspaintings. The walls of the interior court were painted with architecturalperspectives, an early instance of a practic
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