LEGRAND, Etienne-François
(active 1775-1800 in Paris)

Exterior view

1775-92
Photo
Hôtel de Galliffet, Paris

The hôtel was built from 1776 to 1792 for Alexandre de Galliffet, a baron grown rich from his plantations in the Caribbean. The building is now home to the Italian Cultural Institute in Paris.

Virtually the whole court façade is a stately temple front over two storeys with a horizontal top, a scheme more appropriate to the decorum of public buildings than the residence of a social climber.

The picture shows a detail of the garden front.