Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture

The Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture was founded in 1648 in Paris, France. It was the premier art institution of France during the latter part of the Ancien Régime until it was abolished in 1793 during the French Revolution. It included most of the important painters and sculptors, maintained almost total control of teaching and exhibitions, and afforded its members preference in royal commissions.

Académie royale d'architecture

The Académie Royale d'Architecture was a French learned society founded in 1671. It had a leading role in influencing architectural theory and education, not only in France, but throughout Europe and the Americas from the late 17th century to the mid

Hôtel de Crozat

The Hôtel de Crozat, later the Hôtel de Choiseul, was a Parisian hôtel particulier, constructed in 1704 to the designs of the French architect Jean-Sylvain Cartaud for the rich banker and art collector Pierre Crozat. It was located on the west side of

Hôtel de Bourgogne (theatre)

Hôtel de Bourgogne was a theatre, built in 1548 for the first authorized theatre troupe in Paris, the Confrérie de la Passion. It was located on the rue Mauconseil, on a site that had been part of the residence of the Dukes of Burgundy. The most

Charles Errard

Charles Errard the Younger was a French painter, architect and engraver, co-founder and later director of the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture. In 1666 Louis XIV's minister Jean-Baptiste Colbert sent him to found the Académie de France à

Rue Monsieur-le-Prince

Rue Monsieur-le-Prince is a street of Paris, located in the 6th arrondissement

Château de Montmorency (Val-d'Oise)

The Château de Montmorency was an 18th-century mansion in Montmorency, Val-d'Oise of which today only a few vestiges remain

Molière's company

Molière's company was the theatrical company which formed around Molière from 1648 onwards, when he was performing in the French provinces after the failure of the Illustre Théâtre in 1645. In 1658 the company moved to Paris and, after a successful

Alphonse de Gisors

Alphonse-Henri Guy de Gisors was a 19th-century French architect, a member of the Gisors family of architects and prominent government administrators responsible for the construction and preservation of many public buildings in Paris

Charles-François Lebœuf

Charles-François Lebœuf, called Nanteuil was a French sculptor

Louis Hautecœur

Louis-Eugène-Georges Hautecœur was a French art historian and museum conservator