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RENAISSANCE ARCHITECTURE IN FRANCE. 



of the building by a giant order on the 

 external and more salient blocks (Figs. 

 274 and 276). 



A beautiful example of his open stair- 

 cases with two orders of columns occurs 

 in the Hotel Lambert de Thorigny (c. 

 1645) (2 Rue St Louis-en-1'Ile) (Fig. 

 268), a dignified and extensive mansion 

 which was decorated by Vouet, Le Sueur, 

 Le Brun, and other celebrated painters 

 of the day. Two neighbouring houses, 

 one of which is still partly standing (24 

 Quai de Bethune), and the destroyed 

 Hotel de Lionne illustrated Le Vau's 

 use of large and small orders and of 

 broad pediments, and the tendency of 

 the attic to grow into a regular storey. 



Jean Marot (born c. 1619, died 

 1679), a prolific engraver, whose works 

 are one of the principal sources of 

 information about the buildings of his 



time, was also an architect of merit. Some of his designs differ little 

 from the contemporary work of Le Vau, as, for instance, the stately 

 Hotel de Mortemart (14 Rue St Guillaume). The plan of his Hotel 



269. 



HOTEL DE MONCEAUX, 

 BY J. MAROT (NOW DE- 

 STROYED). PLAN. FROM 

 MAROT. 



SCALE OPM&TRES 



270. PARIS: HOTEL DE BEAUVAIS, RUE FRANCOIS MIRON, BY A. LE PAUTRE 

 (1656). GROUND AND FIRST FLOOR PLANS. FROM MAROT. 



