FIG. 2

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TitleColonnade of the Louvre

Creator nameLe Brun, CharlesLe Vau, Louis: Perrault, Claude

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator roleArchitect

Creation date1667

Object typeArchitecture

MaterialsUnknown

DimensionsUnknown

LocationParis

Accession numberUnknown

SubjectsArchitecture--France--ParisLouvre (Paris, France)Paris (France)--History--Louis XIV, 1643-1715Architecture, Classical

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Introduction

Hilary Ballon

Louis Le Vau: Mazarin’s Collège, Colbert’s Revenge

~GREAT BUILDINGS ARE exceptional by definition, but that does not entirely explain why praise for the Collège des Quatre Nations, now the Institut de France, always seems to fix on its singularity in Louis XIV’s Paris. Constructed between 1662 and 1670 to designs by Louis Le Vau, the Collège...

Author

Hilary Ballon

PublisherPrinceton University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.2-7

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Chapter subject tags:Paris (France)--History--Louis XIV, 1643-1715Mazarin, Jules, 1602-1661Le Vau, Louis, 1612-1670Architecture--France--Paris--History--17th centuryCollège des quatre-nationsArchitecture, Baroque--France--ParisColbert, Jean Baptiste, 1619-1683Architecture criticism--France--History--17th century

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