The Hôtel de Soissons in Paris. Etching by I. Silvestre.

  • Silvestre, Israël, 1621-1691.
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[between 1600 and 1699]
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38800i
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The Hôtel de Soissons in Paris. Etching by I. Silvestre. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Described as "the immense Hôtel de la Reine (1572-8; later the Hôtel de Soissons; destr.), whose surviving Doric column (h. 25 m) stood in the middle of the court ... its summit serving as an observatory for the Queen or as a memorial"--The dictionary of art, London 1996, vol. 5, p. 166. The column is visible in the right background

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Paris : Israel ex. cum privil. Regis, [between 1600 and 1699]

Physical description

1 print : etching, with engraving ; platemark 13.2 x 25.3 cm

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Lettering

Veue de l'Hostel de Soissons bati par Catherine de Medicis, et conduit par Iean Bullant Architecte du Roy. Israel Silvestre fecit. Israel ex. cum. privil. Regis.

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Wellcome Collection 38800i

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  • Album of prints: Buildings and places in Paris and in other places in France

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