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The Hotel de Luzy, located 6 rue Férou in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, is a mansion built at the end of the 17th century. In 1767 he was purchased by Étienne-Nicolas Landry de Freneuse, receiver general of Auvergne's finances, to house his mistress, actress Dorothée Dotinville, known as Mademoiselle Luzy. The architect Jean-François Chalgrin is responsible for adapting the residence for her, then twenty years old. Mademoiselle Luzy, born in 1747 in Lyon, is an actress of the Comédie-Française who attended the church of Saint-Sulpice, where she met Talleyrand, then a student at the seminary.

In 1778, Miss Luzy returned the usufruct of the hotel to Landry, but her name remained associated with the building. In the 19th century, the hotel changed owners several times. At the beginning of the 20th century, he was occupied by journalist Henry de Jouvenel, then acquired in 1920 by René Pottier, who entrusted the decoration to Louis Süe and André Mare. After World War II, the hotel was restored in the 1970s by Pierre Schlumberger, who installed modern works of art there.

The hotel is classified as a historical monument in part from 1926, then in 1952 for its woodwork and facade on garden. In 1996, it was purchased by Jean-Jacques Goldman. Today, it is protected for its architectural and decorative elements, including Louis XVI woodwork and works by artists such as Bonnard, Warhol and Picasso.

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