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RENAISSANCE ARCHITECTURE IN FRANCE. 



242. HOTEL DE SULLY: PRINCIPAL FRONT IN COURT. 



courts in depth. 

 The narrow fore- 

 court was soon after 

 flanked right and 

 left by additional 

 blocks, one of which 

 contained a theatre 

 (1639-41), and the 

 plain rusticated front 

 which the palace pre- 

 sented to the Rue St 

 Honore was thus of 

 unusual length. The 

 wider court of honour 

 was divided from the 

 garden by a massive 

 arcaded screen, an 

 unusual arrange- 

 ment, and decorated 

 with panels bearing 

 prows and anchors 

 in allusion to the 

 cardinal's office of 

 admiral, whence the 

 only portion of these 

 buildings now exist- 

 ing is known as 

 Galerie des Proues. 

 Mazarin (originally Hotel 



PALAIS MAZARIN, &c. The Palais 

 Tubeuf, now incorporated in the Bibliotheque Nationale), built probably 

 by Le Muet (1633), is one of the most pleasing examples of the straight- 

 forward brick and stone style to which a touch of richness was given 

 by a semicircular gable in the central block carved with trophies, and 

 a domed stair turret on each side of the entrance. This front was 

 altered by Mollet in the early eighteenth century. Frangois Mansart, 

 who later added a gallery in the same style, which now contains the 

 Cabinet des Estampes, also carried out a number of Parisian hotels. 

 While in the Hotel Fieubet (later Lavalette), Quai des Celestins 

 (?<-. 1640), he employs the brick and stone style enriched with grotesque 

 cartouches, scrolls, and so forth, other examples of his work show 

 markedly the growth of the saner classical influence, and will in con- 

 sequence be referred to in the next chapter. 



TOWN PLANNING. It was characteristic of Henry not to be content 

 with building palaces for himself, but also to promote the comfort and 



