# Façade of the Hôtel de Jars, Paris [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [MANSART, François]() - Date: 1601-1650 - Technique: Engraving ## Commentary During the period of 1640-45 Mansart built a series of private houses in Paris, some of which survive and some of which are known from engravings. In the Hôtel de Jars, begun in 1648, he made an important innovation in planning. The engraving depicting the façade facing the court is from the Petit Marot \(c. 1659\) by Jean Marot. ## 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]()