# Interior view [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [MANSART, François]() - Date: 1601-1650 - Technique: Photo ## Commentary The Hôtel de la Vrillière \(which today houses the Bank of France\) was artfully sited by François Mansart on a triangular plot near the Palais Royal. It had the standard front courtyard framed by three wings, the main one extending into a longer façade overlooking the garden to the rear. Another long wing running along the garden held an orangery on the ground floor and a gallery upstairs. The gallery \(Galerie Dorée\), with a ceiling vault decorated with frescoes by François Perrier, housed a major collection of artworks It is worth noting that the patron's taste in art was thoroughly Italian: his gallery featured Guido Reni's Rape of Helena, as well as works by Guercino, Cortona, and Poussin \(considered to be "Roman"\). An inventory conducted in 1681 listed 240 works. ## Related artworks - [Aerial view]() - [Aerial view]() - [Château de Berny]() - [Château de Berny]() - [Château de Berny]() - [Church and Convent of the Feuillants, Paris]() - [Elevation of the Hôtel Carnavalet, Paris]() - [Exterior view]() - [Exterior view]() - [Exterior view]() - [Exterior view]() - [Exterior view]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()