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 Hôtel Lambert in Paris à Paris 1er dans Paris 4ème

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Hôtel Lambert in Paris

    2 Rue Saint-Louis-en-l'Île
    75004 Paris 4e Arrondissement
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Crédit photo : Tangopaso - Sous licence Creative Commons

Timeline

Renaissance
Temps modernes
Révolution/Empire
XIXe siècle
Époque contemporaine
1600
1700
1800
1900
2000
1640-1644
Construction by Louis Le Vau
1732
Acquisition by Claude Dupin
1843
Repurchase by the Czartoryskis
1862
Historical Monument
10 juillet 2013
A devastating fire
2022
Acquisition by Xavier Niel
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui

Heritage classified

The entire hotel: ranking by list of 1862

Key figures

Louis Le Vau - Architect Designer of the hotel and its rotunda.
Charles Le Brun - Painter Author of the Hercules gallery.
Eustache Le Sueur - Painter Decorate the offices of the Muses.
Anna Czartoryska - Polish Princess Transforms the hotel into a cultural centre.
Frédéric Chopin - Composer There composed Polish for the dances.
Xavier Niel - Current Owner Cultural foundation project in 2022.

Origin and history

The Lambert Hotel, built between 1642 and 1644 by the architect Louis Le Vau for the financier Jean-Baptiste Lambert de Thorigny, embodies the climax of Parisian Baroque art. Its façade, rotunda and gardens are among the most remarkable in Paris. The painters Charles Le Brun and Eustache Le Sueur, assisted by artists such as François Perrier and Pierre Patel, decorated the interior for five years, producing major works such as the Galerie d'Hercule (precursor of the Versailles gallery) and the Cabinet of Love, now partially preserved at the Louvre.

In the 18th century, the hotel became a place of power and culture, passing into the hands of influential financiers such as Claude Dupin, whose wife held a literary salon frequented by Voltaire, Rousseau and Montesquieu. Acquired in 1739 by the Marquise du Châtelet, he was sold to Marin de la Haye, who undertook important work there. Confiscated during the Revolution, it was restored in 1802 before being bought in 1813 by the Count of Montalivet, minister of Napoleon.

In 1843, Polish princess Anna Czartoryska made it a home of Polish cultural resistance, welcoming Chopin, Mickiewicz and Delacroix. The hotel also housed institutions such as the Polish Library and served as the seat of the Polish government in exile. In the 20th century, it was occupied by personalities such as Michèle Morgan or the billionaire Arturo Lopez-Willshaw, before being bought by the Rothschild and then by the emir of Qatar. A fire in 2013 severely damaged the building, now owned by Xavier Niel since 2022, which plans to install a cultural foundation there.

Ranked a Historic Monument since 1862, the Lambert Hotel is distinguished by its innovative architecture (painted gallery, central courtyard) and its role in Franco-Polish history. His decorations, inspired by mythology and the arts, make it an exceptional testimony of artistic patronage under Louis XIV. Successive restorations, including those carried out by Viollet-le-Duc or Delacroix, have preserved its unique character, despite recent controversy over its modernization.

The building, organized around a courtyard, includes a ground floor dedicated to the commons, two floors of housing, and reception spaces decorated with frescoes. The Hercules gallery, with its ceiling painted by Le Brun and its bas-reliefs by Gérard Van Opstal, inspired engravings preserved at the Musée Carnavalet. The hotel remains a symbol of European cultural exchanges, combining French heritage and Polish memory.

External links

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