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Immeuble (hôtel de Comans d'Astry)

Paris 4e Arrondissement, Paris, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit), in part
Protection
inscrit MH partiellement
Extent of protection
Porte monumentale sur rue et les façades sur cour : inscription par arrêté du 4 février 1926 - Grand vestibule et façade sur rue (cad. AU 41) : inscription par arrêté du 16 décembre 1999
Protection dates
1926/02/04 : inscrit MH, 1999/12/16 : inscrit MH
Type
immeuble
Main period of construction
17e siècle, 18e siècle
Architect or builder
VAN OBSTAL (sculpteur)
Ownership
propriété privée
Address
18 quai de Béthune
Commune
Paris 4e Arrondissement
Département
Paris
Region
Île-de-France
Country
France
Coordinates
48.85061, 2.35813
Mérimée reference
PA00086332

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1637 map "France. L'Isle de France : Parisiensis Ager" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Hôtel construit entre quai et cour, parfois attribué, sans preuve, à Louis II Le Vau ou Pierre Le Muet et qui appartint à Thomas de Comans, conseiller du Roi. Sa distribution intérieure fut modifiée au 18e siècle. Le corps de logis principal est traversé par un large couloir donnant accès à la cour et formant un vaste vestibule cantonné de colonnes doriques. Le grand escalier d'honneur a été remanié et a perdu sa rampe d'origine. Seuls subsistent quatre bas-reliefs attribués à Van Obstal.

English translation

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Hôtel constructed between quay and courtyard, sometimes attributed, without proof, to Louis II Le Vau or Pierre Le Muet and which belonged to Thomas de Comans, Councillor to the King. Its interior layout was modified in the 18th century. The main dwelling is traversed by a wide corridor giving access to the courtyard and forming a vast vestibule flanked by Doric columns. The grand staircase has been altered and has lost its original balustrade. Only four bas-reliefs attributed to Van Obstal remain.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Base Mérimée, Ministère de la Culture, data last updated 2026-09-17, reused under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab). Record text is reproduced unchanged. Ministère de la Culture · Licence Ouverte 2.0
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