Hôtel de Crozat

A forecourt preceded the entry court with the typical U-shaped plan of flanking wings and a central corps de logis at the western end.

[5] The gallery on the west side of the main floor of the corps de logis had mirrors reflecting the garden like the Galerie des Glaces at Versailles.

The performers included a female singer and ten male musicians, playing harpsichord, bassoon, six violins, double bass, and cello.

His hôtel housed a large collection of important paintings,[10] consisting mainly of Dutch, Flemish, and French pictures, including eight works by Rembrandt.

The garden, reaching the boulevard to the north and bordered on the south by the hôtel of the Duchess of Gramont Béatrix de Choiseul-Stainville, became the site of the Opéra-Comique's first Salle Favart, which opened in 1783.

The Hôtel de Crozat on the 1739 Turgot map of Paris
Concert in the Hôtel de Crozat, c. 1720 , painting by Nicolas Lancret ( Alte Pinakothek , Munich)
Site plan for a project by Jacquin (1781, unexecuted) for the theatre of the Opéra-Comique, now the site of the Salle Favart , showing the Hôtel de Choiseul between the rue d'Amboise on the north and the rue Neuve St. Marc on the south and a new wing closing off the former entrance court with an avant-corps facing the courtyard to its east