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Elevation of the Façade of the Hôtel de Montholon, Paris

1785–86
Not on view
The façade depicted in this drawing is of the so-called Hôtel de Montholon, a commission given to François Soufflot le Romain and executed by Jean Jacques Lequeu for the wealthy magistrate and later president of the Parlement of Normandy, Nicolas de Montholon. The hôtel is situated on 23, boulevard Poissonnière in Paris (previously the Boulevard Montmartre). A print after this drawing, also by Lequeu exists in the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris and might suggest that Lequeu intended to publish all the designs for the Hôtel, most of which are part of an album donated by Lequeu to the Bibliothèque Nationale before his death.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Elevation of the Façade of the Hôtel de Montholon, Paris
  • Artist: Jean Jacques Lequeu (French, Rouen 1757–1825 Paris)
  • Artist: François Soufflot le Neuveu (French, ca. 1752–1802)
  • Date: 1785–86
  • Medium: Pen and black and gray ink, brush and gray and blue wash; two framing lines in pen and black ink around image and inscription
  • Dimensions: 18 1/2 x 27 1/4 in. (47 x 69.2 cm)
  • Classifications: Drawings, Ornament & Architecture
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wrightsman Gift, 1984
  • Object Number: 1984.1084.1
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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Longitudinal and Cross Sections of the Dining Rooms of the Hôtel de Montholon, Jean Jacques Lequeu French, Pen and black and gray ink, brush and gray and colored wash. Black border line.
Longitudinal and Cross Sections of the Dining Rooms of the Hôtel de Montholon
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François Soufflot le Neuveu
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Section and Plan of the Small Dining Room of the Hôtel de Montholon, Jean Jacques Lequeu French, Pen and black and gray ink with brush and gray and beige wash. Framing lines in pen and black ink.
Section and Plan of the Small Dining Room of the Hôtel de Montholon
Jean Jacques Lequeu
François Soufflot le Neuveu
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Section and Plan of the Small Dining Room of the Hôtel de Montholon, Jean Jacques Lequeu French, Pen and black and gray ink, brush and gray and beige wash, with framing lines in pen and black ink
Section and Plan of the Small Dining Room of the Hôtel de Montholon
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