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| Keywords: Palais de l'Institut et Hôtel des Monnaies, 1877.jpg Artwork The Palais de l'Institut located on the left bank overlooking the Seine was originally built at the request of Cardinal Mazarin though he never lived to see it He wanted a building that would house a Collège for men from Artois Alsace Pignerol and Roussillon The school was thus named the the Collège des Quatre-Nations The School of Four Nations Eventually the Institute of France which includes the Académie Française took residence in the Palais At the time of the Revolution the Institute was disbanded but eventually returned to the Palais where it is still housed today 1875-1882 lithograph 24 x 30 cm Institution Brown University Library object history exhibition history credit line Published in Theodor Josef Hubert Hoffbauer Paris à travers les âges Paris Firmin-Didot et cie 1885 accession number 1145905589952397 PD-old Lithographs of Paris Images of Paris from the Brown University Library Paris à travers les âges Historical images of Institut de France Historical images of Pont des Arts Pont des Arts 1804-1979 Quai de Conti Paris 1877 in Paris | ||||
