The Hôtel de Toulouse (), former Hôtel de La Vrillière is located at 1 rue de La Vrillière, in the

1st arrondissement of Paris The 1st arrondissement of Paris (''Ier arrondissement'') is one of the 20 Arrondissements of Paris, arrondissements of the capital city of France. In spoken French, this arrondissement is colloquially referred to as ''le premier'' (the first). I ...

. Originally, the mansion had a large garden with a formal

parterre A ''parterre'' is a part of a formal garden constructed on a level substrate, consisting of symmetrical patterns, made up by plant beds, plats, low hedges or coloured gravels, which are separated and connected by paths. Typically it was the ...

to the southwest.

History

It was built between 1635 and 1640 by

François Mansart François Mansart (; 23 January 1598 – 23 September 1666) was a French architect credited with introducing classicism into the Baroque architecture of France. The ''Encyclopædia Britannica'' identifies him as the most accomplished of 17th-c ...

, for

Louis Phélypeaux, seigneur de La Vrillière Louis may refer to: People * Louis (given name), origin and several individuals with this name * Louis (surname) * Louis (singer), Serbian singer Other uses * Louis (coin), a French coin * HMS ''Louis'', two ships of the Royal Navy See also * ...

. This included its noted 'Galerie dorée' or gilded gallery, for which Phélypeaux also commissioned nine paintings: *

Guercino Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (February 8, 1591 – December 22, 1666),Miller, 1964 better known as (il) Guercino (), was an Italian Baroque painter and draftsman from Cento in the Emilia region, who was active in Rome and Bologna. The vigorous n ...

- **'' Cato of Utica Bidding Farewell to his Son'', 1635, musée des Beaux-Arts de Marseille ** ''Coriolanus' Mother Pleading With Him'', 1643, musée des Beaux-arts, Caen **'' Hersilia Separating Romulus and Tatius'', 1645,

Louvre The Louvre ( ), or the Louvre Museum ( ), is a national art museum in Paris, France, and one of the most famous museums in the world. It is located on the Rive Droite, Right Bank of the Seine in the city's 1st arrondissement of Paris, 1st arron ...

, Paris *

Pietro da Cortona Pietro da Cortona (; 1 November 1596 or 159716 May 1669) was an Italian Baroque painter and architect. Along with his contemporaries and rivals Gian Lorenzo Bernini and Francesco Borromini, he was one of the key figures in the emergence of Roman ...

: **'' Caesar Restoring Cleopatra to the Throne of Egypt'', musée des beaux-arts de Lyon **'' Romulus and Remus Taken in by Faustulus'' or ''Faustulus Entrusting Romulus and Remus to Larentia'', Louvre, Paris **''Augustus and the Sibyl'', musée des beaux-arts de Nancy *

Alessandro Turchi Alessandro Turchi (1578 – 22 January 1649) was an Italian painter of the early Baroque, born and active mainly in Verona, and moving late in life to Rome. He also went by the name Alessandro Veronese or the nickname ''L'Orbetto''. His style ...

, ''The Death of Cleopatra'', c.1640, musée des beaux-arts de Nancy *

Poussin Nicolas Poussin (, , ; June 1594 – 19 November 1665) was a French painter who was a leading painter of the Classicism, classical French Baroque style, although he spent most of his working life in Rome. Most of his works were on religious and ...

, '' Camillus Handing the Falerian Schoolmaster over to his Pupils'', Louvre, Paris *

Carlo Maratta Carlo Maratta or Maratti (18 May 162515 December 1713) was an Italian Baroque painter and Drawing, draughtsman, active principallly in Rome where he was the leading painter in the second half of the 17th century. He was a fresco and canvas painte ...

, '' The Emperor Augustus Closes the Doors of the Temple of Janus'' (aka ''The Peace of Augustus''), 1655-1657, palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille In 1712, Louis Alexandre de Bourbon, Count of Toulouse (son of

Louis XIV LouisXIV (Louis-Dieudonné; 5 September 16381 September 1715), also known as Louis the Great () or the Sun King (), was King of France from 1643 until his death in 1715. His verified reign of 72 years and 110 days is the List of longest-reign ...

and

Madame de Montespan Françoise-Athénaïs de Rochechouart de Mortemart, Marquise of Montespan (5 October 1640 – 27 May 1707), commonly known as Madame de Montespan (), was a French noblewoman and the most celebrated maîtresse-en-titre, royal mistress of King Lou ...

) acquired the Hôtel de La Vrillière and commissioned

Robert de Cotte Robert de Cotte (; 1656 – 15 July 1735) was a French architect-administrator, under whose design control of the royal buildings of France from 1699, the earliest notes presaging the Rococo, Rococo style were introduced. First a pupil of ...

, ''Premier Architecte du Roi'', to redesign it and bring important transformations to its interior. After the death of Toulouse in 1737, the Hôtel became the Parisian residence of his son, Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon, Duke of Penthièvre, and the birthplace of the latter's daughter, Louise Marie Adélaïde de Bourbon. The '' princesse de Lamballe'', who was the Duke of Penthièvre's widowed daughter-in-law, also resided there until the French Revolution. Confiscated as a ''bien national'' ("national property") during the French Revolution, the Hôtel de Toulouse became the ''Imprimerie de la République'' in 1795. An imperial decree signed by

Napoleon I Napoleon Bonaparte (born Napoleone di Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French general and statesman who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led Military career ...

on 6 March 1808, authorised the sale of the Hôtel de Toulouse to the

Banque de France The Bank of France ( ) is the national central bank for France within the Eurosystem. It was the French central bank between 1800 and 1998, issuing the French franc. It does not translate its name to English, and thus calls itself ''Banque de ...

, which made it its official seat in 1811.

Filming location

The Hôtel de Toulouse was the site of a scene from Sofia Coppola's ''

Marie Antoinette Marie Antoinette (; ; Maria Antonia Josefa Johanna; 2 November 1755 – 16 October 1793) was the last List of French royal consorts, queen of France before the French Revolution and the establishment of the French First Republic. She was the ...

'' with its famous ''Galerie dorée''Article in L'Express/L'Expansio

(French) (one of Robert de Cotte's masterpieces) as a room in a palace of her youth. Other films, both French, shot at the site are '' Vatel (film), Vatel'' and '' Tous les matins du monde''.

Gallery of residents

Image:Workshop of Hyacinthe Rigaud - James Fitz-James, duc de Berwick - Versailles MV 4399.jpg,

Louis Alexandre, Count of Toulouse Louis Alexandre de Bourbon (6 June 1678 – 1 December 1737), a Legitimacy (family law), legitimated prince of the blood royal, was the son of Louis XIV and of his mistress Françoise-Athénaïs, marquise de Montespan. At the age of five, he ...

Image:Duc-bourbon-penthievre.jpg, Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon, Duke of Penthièvre Image:Marie Victoire de Noailles, comtesse de Toulouse - Musée Condé (PE384A).jpg, Toulouse's wife, Marie Victoire Image:Portrait of Louise Marie Adélaïde de Bourbon by Vigée Lebrun.jpg, Louise Marie Adélaïde de Bourbon, "Mademoiselle de Penthièvre"

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hotel De Toulouse

Toulouse Toulouse (, ; ; ) is a city in southern France, the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Haute-Garonne department and of the Occitania (administrative region), Occitania region. The city is on the banks of the Garonne, River Garonne, from ...

Buildings and structures in the 1st arrondissement of Paris Buildings and structures completed in 1640 1640 establishments in France