# Exterior view [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [D'ORBAY, François II]() - Date: 1651-1700 - Technique: Photo ## Commentary From 1662 François d'Orbay assisted Louis Le Vau in the design of the Collège des Quatre Nations, Paris \(1661-74\), now the Institut de France. By employing a pedimented façade \(with a tall cupola behind\) flanked by two quadrants ending in pavilions facing the River Seine \(thus giving the structure a concave façade bordered by the wings\), they showed a strong affinity with Italian Baroque art, and with the work of both Bernini and Francesco Borromini. View the <a href="\#" onClick="w=window.open \('/support/plans/d/d\_orbay/college.html', 'newWin', 'scrollbars=yes,status=no,dependent=yes,screenX=0,screenY=0,width=400,height=600'\);w.opener=this;w.focus\(\);return false">ground plan</a> of the church of Collège des Quatres-Nations, Paris. ## Related artworks - [General site plan of the Palais-Royal and gardens in 1692]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()