![]() Later, after Napoleon had acquired it, the National Printing Press settled into it as their plush new 10,000 square meter HQ. Then, during the Revolution, it was placed into receivership and all its furniture and magnificent library were scattered to the winds. Marie Antoinette would regularly come poncing by for some cake with her entourage, before the whole party went tits up. Huet is said to have painted the "flowers," by which I am assuming that means to include the ornamental borders and frames. Originally built in 1705, and home to successive cardinals and bishops, Huet's Rohan panels were eventually commissioned some time around 1750 by the Cardinal de Soubise, who gave the Hotel (by which term they mean mansion) a complete transformation. According to the book Debut de l'Imprimerie en France, Huet was assisted in painting the panels by Dutour, who painted the animals, and Crespin, who painted the landscapes. His work at the Hotel du Rohan is lesser known than Chantilly, but deserves recognition. ![]() One of a series of large folios containing beautiful prints, these books were an attempt to archive surviving examples of interior and exterior decoration around Paris at the turn of the 20th century. I was thrilled to come across this practically unknown set of phototype plates of his Cabinet des Singes for Rohan from a volume called Les Vieux Hotels de Paris, printed in 1905. ![]()
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