# View of the Hôtel de la Vrillière [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [MANSART, François]() - Date: 1601-1650 - Technique: Engraving ## Commentary In 1635 Mansart received his first recorded commission for a private house in Paris. Louis Phélypeaux de La Vrillière, an officer of the crown, commissioned Mansart to build a town house in Paris \(rebuilt by Robert de Cotte in 1713\). The building, known from engravings, was a fine example of Mansart's ability to arrive at subtle, ingenious, and dignified solutions to the problems of building on awkwardly shaped sites. His design was to be a model for the Parisian hôtel for many decades. The engraving by Jean Marot shows the general view of the hôtel. View the <a href="\#" onClick="w=window.open \('/support/plans/m/mansart/1/vrilliere.html', 'newWin', 'scrollbars=yes,status=no,dependent=yes,screenX=0,screenY=0,width=400,height=600'\);w.opener=this;w.focus\(\);return false">ground plan</a> of the Hôtel. ## 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]()