Detail View: Archivision Base to Module 9: Hôtel Carnavalet

Preferred Title: 
Hôtel Carnavalet
Alternate Title: 
Musee Carnavalet (Musee de l'Histoire de Paris)
Image View: 
Inner courtyard, view of central section, Cour de la Victoire
Creator: 
François Mansart (French architect, ca. 1598-1666); Gerard van Opstal (Flemish sculptor, ca. 1594-1668); Pierre Lescot (French architect, 1510-1571)
Location: 
site: Paris, Île-de-France, France
Location Note: 
23 rue de Sevigne
Date: 
begun 1546 (creation); redone 1655 (alteration)
Cultural Context: 
French
Style Period: 
Renaissance
Work Type 1: 
hôtel (town house)
Work Type 2: 
museum
Classification: 
architecture
Material: 
stone
Technique: 
construction (assembling)
Subjects: 
architectural exteriors; decorative arts; domestic life; genre; Art museums; decorative arts museum; city history museum; orangerie; courtyard gardens; court
Description: 
A work attributed to Lescot, in collaboration with Goujon, is the Hôtel Carnavalet (ca. 1545-1550) in Paris, subsequently altered three times. This was originally built for a a magistrate associated with the Lescot family. A former name is the the Hôtel de Ligneris. It is now the Musee Carnavalet (Carnavalet Museum). The Hôtel Carnavalet was redone in 1655 by Francois Mansart, for Madame De Sevigne, who lived here from 1677 to 1696. In this period (1655-1661) Van Opstal sculpted the stone reliefs on the first storey (still in situ). The 17th century adjoining Hôtel le Peletier (le Peletier de Saint-Fargeau) was added to the museum in 1989 to contain the larger part of the museum's 20th century interiors. Additional renovations were made in 2000 and the 17th century orangery of the Hôtel le Peletier was restored. (Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page)
Collection: 
Archivision Addition Module Three
Identifier: 
1A2-F-P-HC-C6
Rights: 
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