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Project to enlarge the south wing of the Cour Carrée of the Louvre (river façade)

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Description: Project to enlarge the south wing of the Cour Carrée of the Louvre (river...
TitleProject to enlarge the south wing of the Cour Carrée of the Louvre (river façade)
Creator nameLe Vau, Louis
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator roleArchitect
Creation date1668
Object typeArchitecture
MaterialsPen, ink, wash, and graphite on paper
DimensionsUnknown
LocationArchives Nationales, Paris
Accession numberO1 1667, no. 85
SubjectsArchitecture--France--ParisDesigns and plansLouvre (Paris, France)
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Conclusion
Hilary Ballon
Description: Louis Le Vau: Mazarin’s Collège, Colbert’s Revenge
Louis Le Vau: Mazarin’s Collège, Colbert’s Revenge
MARIE DE SÉVIGNÉ called Jean-Baptiste Colbert (​FIG. 93) “the North” (le Nord). To the witty doctor Guy Patin, he was “marble man...
Author
Hilary Ballon
PublisherPrinceton University Press
Copyright© 1999 Princeton University Press
Related print edition pages: pp.127-133
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Chapter subject tags:Architecture--France--ParisArchitecture, BaroqueColbert, Jean Baptiste, 1619-1683Embezzlement investigationFrance--Politics and government--17th century

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Creator roleDraftsman
Creation date1881
Object typeDrawing
MaterialsWatercolor, Pencil on tracing paper
Dimensions23 3/4 × 8 3/4 in.
LocationMusée d'Orsay, Paris
https://www.musee-orsay.fr/fr/oeuvres/projet-de-phare-monumental-pour-paris-elevation-56835
Accession numberRF 37306, Recto, RF 37306
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Port-en-Bessin, The Bridge and the Quays
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Creator nameSeurat, Georges
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1888
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions26 × 32 3/4 in. (66 × 83.2 cm)
LocationMinneapolis Institute of Arts
https://collections.artsmia.org/art/1272/port-en-bessin-georges-seurat
Accession number55.38
Port-en-Bessin, The Bridge and the Quays
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Description: Project for the central pavilion of the south range of the Louvre (river...
Project for the central pavilion of the south range of the Louvre (river façade)
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Creator nameLe Vau, Louis
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Creator roleArchitect
Creation datec. 1660
Object typeArchitecture
MaterialsPen, ink, and wash on paper
LocationDépartement des Arts Graphiques, Musée du Louvre, Paris
https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl020224134
Accession numberInv. 26076
Project for the central pavilion of the...
Project for the central pavilion of the south range of the Louvre (river façade)
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Creator nameCaillebotte, Gustave
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1876
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
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LocationJ. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/object/10A2Y1
Accession number2021.67
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Young Man at His Window (Jeune homme à sa fenêtre)
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Creator rolePainter
Creation date1889
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LocationThe Fine Arts Museum of San Franciso
https://art.famsf.org/georges-seurat/eiffel-tower-197948
Accession number1979.48
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Object typePhotograph
MaterialsPhotograph
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Description: Diarama of an Alpine Scene
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Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
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LocationHarry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin
Diarama of an Alpine Scene
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Posted by:John Carlson
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Creator nameSeurat, Georges
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator roleDraftsman
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Description: Ground plan (the foundation plan) of the Louvre, fourth scheme
Ground plan (the foundation plan) of the Louvre, fourth scheme
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Creator nameLe Vau, Louis
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator roleArchitect
Creation datec. 1661
Object typeArchitecture
MaterialsPen, ink, and wash on paper
Dimensions83.1 × 66.7 cm
LocationDépartement des Arts Graphiques, Musée du Louvre, Paris
https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl020609649
Accession numberRecueil du Louvre I f5
Ground plan (the foundation plan) of the...
Ground plan (the foundation plan) of the Louvre, fourth scheme
Description: Plan, section, and elevation of the houses on the rue Mazarine
Plan, section, and elevation of the houses on the rue Mazarine
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Aug 16
Creator nameLe Vau, Louis
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator roleArchitect
Creation datec. 1665
Object typeArchitecture
MaterialsPen, ink, and wash on paper
Dimensions39 × 82 cm
LocationDépartement des Estampes, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris
https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b69373672/f1.item
Accession numberVa 263d
Plan, section, and elevation of the...
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Description: Ground plan of the Louvre, third scheme
Ground plan of the Louvre, third scheme
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Creator nameLe Vau, Louis
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator roleArchitect
Creation datec. 1661
Object typeArchitecture
MaterialsPen, ink, and wash on paper
Dimensions106.3 × 85 cm
LocationDépartement des Arts Graphiques, Musée du Louvre, Paris
https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl020609651
Accession numberRecueil du Louvre I f12
Ground plan of the Louvre, third scheme
Ground plan of the Louvre, third scheme
Description: Church of Val de Grâce. West facade
Church of Val de Grâce. West facade
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Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator roleArchitect
Creation date1646–1667
Object typeArchitecture
LocationParis
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Description: Iron lighthouse design by Eiffel and Co.
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Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Object typePrint
LocationBibliothèque de l'Ecole des Ponts et Chaussées
Iron lighthouse design by Eiffel and Co.
Iron lighthouse design by Eiffel and Co.
Description: Plan of the Louvre, Tuileries, and Collège des Quatre Nations
Plan of the Louvre, Tuileries, and Collège des Quatre Nations
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Creator nameLe Vau, Louis
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator roleArchitect
Creation datec. 1664
Object typeArchitecture
MaterialsPen, ink, and wash on paper
LocationArchives Nationales, Paris
Accession numberF21, 3567/9
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House Painter
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Creator roleDraftsman
Creation date1883–1884
Object typeDrawing
MaterialsConté crayon on paper
Dimensions12 1/2 × 9 3/4 in. (31.8 × 24.9 cm)
LocationMusée d'Orsay, Paris
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Creator roleDraftsman
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Object typeDrawing
LocationBibliothèque nationale de France, Paris
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Mar 22
Creator nameNielson, C.V.
Creator nationality/cultureUnkown
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation date1882
Object typePrint
MaterialsWood engraving
LocationThe Royal Library, Copenhagen
Panorama of Constantinople by...
Panorama of Constantinople by Jules-Arsène Garnier
Description: Aerial view of Port-en-Bessin post-World War II
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Creator nationality/cultureUnkown
Creator rolePhotographer
Object typePhotograph
MaterialsPhotograph
Aerial view of Port-en-Bessin post-World...
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Description: Ground plan of the Louvre, third scheme, detail
Ground plan of the Louvre, third scheme, detail
Posted by:John Carlson
Aug 16
Creator nameLe Vau, Louis
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator roleArchitect
Creation datec. 1661
Object typeArchitecture
MaterialsPen, ink, and wash on paper
LocationDépartement des Arts Graphiques, Musée du Louvre, Paris
https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl020609651
Accession numberRecueil du Louvre I f12
Ground plan of the Louvre, third scheme,...
Ground plan of the Louvre, third scheme, detail
Description: Plan showing the width of the Seine between the Collège des Quatre Nations and...
Plan showing the width of the Seine between the Collège des Quatre Nations and the Louvre
Posted by:John Carlson
Aug 16
Creator nameLe Vau, Louis
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator roleArchitect
Creation date1662
Object typeArchitecture
MaterialsPen, ink, and wash on paper
LocationArchives Nationales, Paris
Accession numberM176, no. 44
Plan showing the width of the Seine...
Plan showing the width of the Seine between the Collège des Quatre Nations and the Louvre
Description: Ground plan of the Collège des Quatre Nations
Ground plan of the Collège des Quatre Nations
Posted by:John Carlson
Aug 16
Creator nameLe Vau, Louis
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator roleArchitect
Creation date1662
Object typeArchitecture
MaterialsPen, ink, and wash on paper
LocationArchives Nationales, Paris
Accession numberM176, no. 52
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Ground plan of the Collège des Quatre Nations
Description: Foundation plan of the Collège des Quatre Nations
Foundation plan of the Collège des Quatre Nations
Posted by:John Carlson
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Creator nameLe Vau, Louis
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator roleArchitect
Creation date1664
Object typeArchitecture
MaterialsPen, ink, and wash on paper
LocationArchives Nationales, Paris
Accession numberM176, no. 53
Foundation plan of the Collège...
Foundation plan of the Collège des Quatre Nations
Description: Cour Carrée of the Louvre viewed from the east, before the reconstruction of...
Cour Carrée of the Louvre viewed from the east, before the reconstruction of the south range in 1668
Posted by:John Carlson
Aug 16
Creator nameAveline, Pierre, the elder
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation datec. 1700–1800
Object typePrint
MaterialsEngraving
Dimensions22.7 × 34 cm
LocationMusée Carnavalet, Paris
http://parismuseescollections.paris.fr/fr/musee-carnavalet/oeuvres/veue-et-perspective-de-la-principale-entree-du-nouveau-louvre-a-paris#infos-principales
Accession numberG.13278
Cour Carrée of the Louvre viewed...
Cour Carrée of the Louvre viewed from the east, before the reconstruction of the south range in 1668
Description: Gare Saint-Lazare
Gare Saint-Lazare
Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 13
Creator nameMonet, Claude
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1877
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions75.5 × 104 cm
LocationMusée d'Orsay, Paris
https://www.musee-orsay.fr/fr/oeuvres/la-gare-saint-lazare-10897
Accession numberRF 2775, INV 363
Gare Saint-Lazare
Gare Saint-Lazare
Description: Le Corbusier's last project for Paris: the Museum of the Twentieth Century for La...
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Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 21
Creator nameLe Corbusier
Creator nationality/cultureSwiss
Creator roleDraftsman
Creation date1965
Object typeDrawing
LocationFondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Le Corbusier's last project for Paris:...
Le Corbusier's last project for Paris: the Museum of the Twentieth Century for La Défense or, preferably, the heart of Paris
Description: Young Man at His Window (Jeune homme à sa fenêtre), detail
Young Man at His Window (Jeune homme à sa fenêtre), detail
Posted by:John Carlson
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Creator nameCaillebotte, Gustave
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1876
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
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https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/person/10525Y
Accession number2021.67
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Sep 21
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation date1908
Object typePhotograph
Charles-Edouard Jenneret (Le Corbusier)...
Charles-Edouard Jenneret (Le Corbusier) with his brother, Albert, in Paris at 3 quai Saint Michel
Description: Photograph of the semaphore of Port-en-Bessin
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Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 22
Creator nationality/cultureUnkown
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation datec. 1908
Object typePhotograph
MaterialsPhotograph
Photograph of the semaphore of...
Photograph of the semaphore of Port-en-Bessin
Description: Photograph of the entrance to the interior basins, looking west, Porten-Bessin
Photograph of the entrance to the interior basins, looking west, Porten-Bessin
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 22
Creator nationality/cultureUnkown
Creator rolePhotographer
Object typePhotograph
MaterialsPhotograph
Photograph of the entrance to the...
Photograph of the entrance to the interior basins, looking west, Porten-Bessin
Description: Paris, A Rainy Day
Paris, A Rainy Day
Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 13
Creator nameCaillebotte, Gustave
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1877
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions212.2 × 276.2 cm (83 1/2 × 108 3/4 in.)
LocationArt Institute of Chicago
http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/20684
Accession number1964.336
Paris, A Rainy Day
Paris, A Rainy Day
Description: This is Paris!" "Academism says: No!
This is Paris!" "Academism says: No!
Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 21
Creator nameLe Corbusier
Creator nationality/cultureSwiss
Creator roleDraftsman
Object typeDrawing
LocationFondation Le Corbusier, Paris
This is Paris!" "Academism says: No!
This is Paris!" "Academism says: No!
Description: Site plan of the Tour de Nesle and environs
Site plan of the Tour de Nesle and environs
Posted by:John Carlson
Aug 16
Creator nameLe Vau, Louis
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator roleArchitect
Creation date1665
Object typeArchitecture
MaterialsPen, ink, and wash on paper
LocationArchives Nationales, Paris
Accession numberNIII Seine 710, no. 2
Site plan of the Tour de Nesle and...
Site plan of the Tour de Nesle and environs
Description: Partial elevation of the Quai Mazarin and plan of the Place Mazarine
Partial elevation of the Quai Mazarin and plan of the Place Mazarine
Posted by:John Carlson
Aug 16
Creator nameLe Vau, Louis
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator roleArchitect
Creation date1662
Object typeArchitecture
MaterialsPen, ink, and wash on paper
LocationArchives Nationales, Paris
Accession numberM176, no. 43
Partial elevation of the Quai Mazarin...
Partial elevation of the Quai Mazarin and plan of the Place Mazarine
Description: Site plan of the Collège des Quatre Nations
Site plan of the Collège des Quatre Nations
Posted by:John Carlson
Aug 16
Creator nameLe Vau, Louis
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator roleArchitect
Creation date1665
Object typeArchitecture
LocationArchives Nationales, Paris
Accession numberNIII Seine 710, no. 1
Site plan of the Collège des...
Site plan of the Collège des Quatre Nations
Description: Le Corbusier proposed many plans for Paris from 1922 to his death in 1965
Le Corbusier proposed many plans for Paris from 1922 to his death in 1965
Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 21
Creator nameLe Corbusier
Creator nationality/cultureSwiss
Creator roleDraftsman
Creation datec. 1922–1965
Object typeDrawing
LocationFondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Le Corbusier proposed many plans for...
Le Corbusier proposed many plans for Paris from 1922 to his death in 1965
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Villa della Rocca, or La Roche–Jenneret house
Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 21
Creator nameLe Corbusier
Creator nationality/cultureSwiss
Creator roleArchitect
Creation date1923–1925
Object typeArchitecture
LocationParis
Villa della Rocca, or La...
Villa della Rocca, or La Roche–Jenneret house
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Apartment house with ground-floor shop project. Exterior perspective
Posted by:John Carlson
Oct 06
Creator nameViollet-le-Duc, Eugène Emmanuel
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator roleArchitect
Creation date1872
Object typeArchitecture
LocationEntretiens sur l'architecture, vol. 2, 1872
Apartment house with ground-floor shop...
Apartment house with ground-floor shop project. Exterior perspective
Description: First-floor plan of the Collège des Quatre Nations, detail
First-floor plan of the Collège des Quatre Nations, detail
Posted by:John Carlson
Aug 16
Creator nameLe Vau, Louis
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator roleArchitect
Creation date1662
Object typeArchitecture
MaterialsPen, ink, and wash on paper
LocationArchives Nationales, Paris
Accession numberNIII Seine 710, no. 4
First-floor plan of the Collège...
First-floor plan of the Collège des Quatre Nations, detail
Description: L'Esprit Nouveau Pavilion
L'Esprit Nouveau Pavilion
Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 21
Creator nameLe Corbusier
Creator nationality/cultureSwiss
Creator roleArchitect
Creation date1925
Object typeArchitecture
LocationParis
L'Esprit Nouveau Pavilion
L'Esprit Nouveau Pavilion
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Posted by:John Carlson
Aug 16
Creator nameLe Vau, Louis
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator roleArchitect
Object typeArchitecture
LocationParis
Entrance of the Bibliothèque...
Entrance of the Bibliothèque Mazarine, first courtyard of the Collège des Quatre Nations (now the Institut de France)
Description: Funerary circus in memory of Louis XIII, Saint Paul, Paris
Funerary circus in memory of Louis XIII, Saint Paul, Paris
Posted by:John Carlson
Aug 16
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation date1643
Object typePrint
MaterialsEtching
LocationDépartement des Estampes, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris
Funerary circus in memory of Louis XIII,...
Funerary circus in memory of Louis XIII, Saint Paul, Paris
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Posted by:John Carlson
Aug 16
Creator nameLe Vau, Louis
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator roleArchitect
Creation date1664–1665
Object typeArchitecture
MaterialsPen, ink, and wash on paper
Dimensions44 × 28.6 cm
LocationDépartement des Arts Graphiques, Musée du Louvre, Paris
https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl020208036
Accession numberInv. 30249
Section of the church through the...
Section of the church through the lantern and dome in front of the high altar, Collège des Quatre Nations, third scheme
Description: Opera House. Exterior
Opera House. Exterior
Posted by:John Carlson
Oct 06
Creator nameGarnier, Charles
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator roleArchitect
Creation date1860–1875
Object typeArchitecture
Opera House. Exterior
Opera House. Exterior
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Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 21
Creator nameLe Corbusier
Creator nationality/cultureSwiss
Creator roleArchitect
Object typeArchitecture
LocationFondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Model of the Orsay Cultural Center,...
Model of the Orsay Cultural Center, Paris, in its context, with the Musée du Louvre and the Tuileries in the foreground
Description: Plan Voisin for Paris
Plan Voisin for Paris
Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 21
Creator nameLe Corbusier
Creator nationality/cultureSwiss
Creator roleDraftsman
Creation date1925
Object typeDrawing
LocationFondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Plan Voisin for Paris
Plan Voisin for Paris
Description: The House Painters
The House Painters
Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 13
Creator nameCaillebotte, Gustave
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1877
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions87 × 116 cm
LocationPrivate collection
The House Painters
The House Painters
Description: Site plan of the Louvre, detail
Site plan of the Louvre, detail
Posted by:John Carlson
Aug 16
Creator roleArchitect
Creation datec. 1658
Object typeArchitecture
MaterialsPen, ink, and wash on paper
LocationArchives Nationales, Paris
Accession numberF21 3567/8
Site plan of the Louvre, detail
Site plan of the Louvre, detail
Description: Collège des Quatre Nations (now the Institut de France) viewed from the Cour...
Collège des Quatre Nations (now the Institut de France) viewed from the Cour Carrée of the Louvre
Posted by:John Carlson
Aug 16
Creator nameLe Vau, Louis
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator roleArchitect
Object typeArchitecture
LocationParis
Collège des Quatre Nations (now...
Collège des Quatre Nations (now the Institut de France) viewed from the Cour Carrée of the Louvre
Description: First-floor plan of the Collège des Quatre Nations
First-floor plan of the Collège des Quatre Nations
Posted by:John Carlson
Aug 16
Creator nameLe Vau, Louis
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator roleArchitect
Creation date1662
Object typeArchitecture
MaterialsPen, ink, wash, and graphite on paper
LocationDépartement des Estampes, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris
Accession numberVa 443
First-floor plan of the Collège...
First-floor plan of the Collège des Quatre Nations
Description: Interior of the Bibliothèque Mazarine
Interior of the Bibliothèque Mazarine
Posted by:John Carlson
Aug 16
Creator nameLe Vau, Louis
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator roleArchitect
Object typeArchitecture
LocationParis
Interior of the Bibliothèque...
Interior of the Bibliothèque Mazarine
Description: Mazarin's tomb viewed from the courtyard entrance of the church, Collège des...
Mazarin's tomb viewed from the courtyard entrance of the church, Collège des Quatre Nations (now in the Institut de France)
Posted by:John Carlson
Aug 16
Creator nameLe Vau, Louis
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator roleArchitect
Object typeArchitecture
LocationParis
Mazarin's tomb viewed from the courtyard...
Mazarin's tomb viewed from the courtyard entrance of the church, Collège des Quatre Nations (now in the Institut de France)
Description: Plan and elevation of the central pavilion of the south wing of the Louvre (river...
Plan and elevation of the central pavilion of the south wing of the Louvre (river façade)
Posted by:John Carlson
Aug 16
Creator nameLe Vau, Louis
Creator name (description)Engraving by Jean Marot
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator roleArchitect
Creation date1660–1663
Object typeArchitecture
MaterialsEngraving
LocationAvery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University in the City of New York
Plan and elevation of the central...
Plan and elevation of the central pavilion of the south wing of the Louvre (river façade)
Description: River façade of the south wing of the Louvre
River façade of the south wing of the Louvre
Posted by:John Carlson
Aug 16
Creator nameLe Vau, Louis
Creator name (description)Engraving by Jean Marot
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator roleArchitect
Creation date1660–1663
Object typeArchitecture
MaterialsEngraving
LocationDépartement des Arts Graphiques, Musée du Louvre, Paris
River façade of the south wing of...
River façade of the south wing of the Louvre
Description: Collège des Quatre Nations (now the Institut de France)
Collège des Quatre Nations (now the Institut de France)
Posted by:John Carlson
Aug 16
Creator nameLe Vau, Louis
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator roleArchitect
Creation date1662–1670
Object typeArchitecture
LocationParis
Collège des Quatre Nations (now...
Collège des Quatre Nations (now the Institut de France)
Description: Interior of the Institut de France (formerly the church of the Collège des...
Interior of the Institut de France (formerly the church of the Collège des Quatre Nations), side chapel, facing east
Posted by:John Carlson
Aug 16
Creator nameLe Vau, Louis
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator roleArchitect
Object typeArchitecture
LocationParis
Interior of the Institut de France...
Interior of the Institut de France (formerly the church of the Collège des Quatre Nations), side chapel, facing east
Description: Elevation of the church and west half of the façade, Collège des Quatre...
Elevation of the church and west half of the façade, Collège des Quatre Nations, first scheme
Posted by:John Carlson
Aug 16
Creator nameLe Vau, Louis
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator roleArchitect
Creation date1662
Object typeArchitecture
MaterialsPen, ink, and wash on paper
LocationArchives Nationales, Paris
Accession numberM176, no. 4
Elevation of the church and west half of...
Elevation of the church and west half of the façade, Collège des Quatre Nations, first scheme
Description: First design for the east façade of the Louvre, exterior elevation
First design for the east façade of the Louvre, exterior elevation
Posted by:John Carlson
Aug 16
Creator nameBernini, Gian Lorenzo
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator roleArchitect
Creation date1664
Object typeArchitecture
Dimensions44.1 × 67 cm
LocationDépartement des Arts Graphiques, Musée du Louvre, Paris
https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl020609648
Accession numberRecueil du Louvre I f4
First design for the east façade...
First design for the east façade of the Louvre, exterior elevation
Description: Longitudinal section of the church facing west, Collège des Quatre Nations,...
Longitudinal section of the church facing west, Collège des Quatre Nations, first scheme
Posted by:John Carlson
Aug 16
Creator nameLe Vau, Louis
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator roleArchitect
Creation date1662
Object typeArchitecture
MaterialsPen, ink, and wash on paper
LocationArchives Nationales, Paris
Accession numberM176, no. 9
Longitudinal section of the church...
Longitudinal section of the church facing west, Collège des Quatre Nations, first scheme

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