Hôtel de Guénégaud or Hôtel de Guénégaud-des-Brosses is a 17th-century ''
hôtel particulier
An ''hôtel particulier'' () is a grand townhouse, comparable to the Townhouse (Great Britain), 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 an ...
'', or large
townhouse
A townhouse, townhome, town house, or town home, is a type of terraced housing. A modern townhouse is often one with a small footprint on multiple floors. In a different British usage, the term originally referred to any type of city residence ...
, in Paris.
At 60, rue des Archives in the
3rd arrondissement of Paris
The 3rd arrondissement of Paris (''IIIe arrondissement'') is one of the 20 arrondissements (districts) of the capital city of France. In spoken French, this arrondissement is colloquially referred to as the ''"troisième"'' meaning "third" in Fr ...
, the Hôtel de Guénégaud was built between 1651 and 1655 for Jean-François de Guénégaud des Brosses, ''secrétaire du Roi'', ''
maître des Comptes'' and ''
conseiller d'État'', to designs by the architect
François Mansart
François Mansart (; 23 January 1598 – 23 September 1666) was a French architect credited with introducing classicism into Baroque architecture of France. The '' Encyclopædia Britannica'' cites him as the most accomplished of 17th-century Fr ...
. Along with the
Hôtel Carnavalet, it the best preserved ''hôtel particulier'' designed by this architect.
The ''hôtel'' was acquired by Jean Romanet in 1703, and, according to the his contemporary
Germain Brice
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, Romanet greatly embellished its interiors in the following year. It fell into disrepair and was divided into apartments in the late 19th century, but was acquired by the
City of Paris in 1961. An extensive restoration was begun in 1962 under the direction of the architect André Sallez, and since 1967 it has housed the
Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature
The Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature (Museum of Hunting and Nature) is a private museum of hunting and nature located in the 3rd arrondissement of Paris, France. The museum is served by the Rambuteau Paris Métro station.
Exhibits focus on the ...
and the offices of the Club de la Chasse et de la Nature.
[Gady 2008, p. 311.]
It is served by the
Arts et Métiers and
Filles du Calvaire Metro stations.
Notes
Bibliography
* Ayers, Andrew (2004). ''The Architecture of Paris''. Stuttgart: Axel Menges. .
* Braham, Allan; Smith, Peter (1973). ''François Mansart''. London: A. Zwemmer. .
* Gady, Alexandre, editor; Jean-Pierre Jouve, editor (2006). ''Les hôtels de Guénégaud et de Mongelas : rendez-vous de chasse des Sommer au Marais''. Paris: Citadelles & Mazenod. .
* Gady, Alexandre (2008). ''Les Hôtels particuliers de Paris du Moyen Âge à la Belle Époque''. Paris: Parigramme. .
* Leproux, Guy-Michel (1998). "L'hôtel de Guénégaud des Brosses, rue du Grand-Chantier 1651–1653", pp. 205–209, in ''François Mansart : Le génie de l'architecture'', edited by Jean-Pierre Babelon and Claude Mignot. Paris: Gallimard. .
* Mignot, Claude (1994). "Guénégaud", pp. 224–225, in ''Le Guide du Patrimoine, Paris'', edited by Jean-Marie Pérouse de Montclos. Paris: Hachette. .
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Buildings and structures in the 3rd arrondissement of Paris
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