Hôtel de Monsieur le Duc de Villeroy. Three drawings (framed - Lot 79

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Hôtel de Monsieur le Duc de Villeroy. Three drawings (framed - Lot 79
Hôtel de Monsieur le Duc de Villeroy. Three drawings (framed). (1768). a) "Elévation de la face du côté de la cour de l'hôtel de Monsieur le Duc de Villeroÿ Sur les desseins de Monsieur Aubry en l'an 1768". India ink and black ink wash. 45 x 33 cm at sight. On the pediment, bouquets of arms, spears, helmets and shields decorated with masks. b) "Elévation de la face du côté du jardin de l'hôtel de Monsieur le Duc de Villeroy Rüe de Varesnnes Projetté sur les anciens Plans en 1768". India ink and black and brown ink wash. 29 x 23 cm on view. Lower right: "Echesle, Bonne [?] pour le dessein B". Scale 6 toises. c) "Coupe et profil pris sur la largeur du Bâstiment de l'hôtel de Monsieur le Duc de Villeroÿ Rüe de Varennes Projetté sur les anciens Plans en 1768". India ink and washes of black, pink, blue and brown inks. 54 x 42 cm at sight. Cross-section of the building. Bottom right: "Fait par jean Bte Vaudey". Scale 10 toises. This is the Hôtel de Villeroy on rue de Varenne (Paris, 7th arrondissement). The hotel was built between 1720 and 1724 by François Debias-Aubry, at the request of Antoine Hogguer, Baron de Presles and advisor to the Royal Council of Commerce of Sweden, to house his mistress, the actress Charlotte Desmares. When Hogguer went bankrupt, the hotel was rented out several times before being sold in 1735 to the Duc de Villeroy, who had it enlarged and embellished in 1746 by Le Roux, a pupil of Dorbay. On the duke's death in 1766, his nephew Gabriel-Louis took over his titles and the hotel, which he sold in 1768 (the date of our drawings), after having entertained the elite and built a small theater. "The buyer was, on behalf of the King, the Comte de Tessé, first equerry to Queen Marie Leczynska, who planned to install the latter's stables, which until then had been housed on the site of the current Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Queen's death [in the same year] put an end to this project, and the Count de Tessé took usufruct of the Hôtel de Villeroi, which became royal property (until his emigration in 1790). During the Revolution, the hotel was confiscated and the Count de Tessé's furniture sold (1794). In 1796, the Directoire installed the Inspection Générale du Service de Santé Militaire and the Bureau des Lois et des Archives in the grounds. After his return from emigration, in 1800-1802, the Count of Tessé regained usufruct of the Hôtel de Villeroi, which he left in 1805 due to its dilapidated state". (Hillairet, t. 2, pp. 599-600). The Hôtel de Villeroy was subsequently used for a variety of functions, including ministerial functions. Today, it houses the Ministry of Agriculture, along with the large building erected in front of it at the end of the 19th century.
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