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The ghost of the Hotel Donon

March 4th, 2007

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Since 1986, the Hôtel de Donon hosts the Musée Cognacq-Jay. At the end of the 19th century, Ernest Cognacq and his wife Marie-Louise Jay build an empire with a general store, La Samaritaine. With this fortune they gathered a large collection of paintings and pieces of furniture from the century of lights.

The masterpiece is an autoportrait of Maurice Quentin de La Tour (1704-1788) who worked primarily with pastels. You can imagine him climbing this stairs.
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7 Comments Add your own

  • 1. Gérard  |  March 5th, 2007 at 5:34 pm

    J’adore ta façon de photographier les escaliers.

  • 2. researchgirl  |  March 6th, 2007 at 4:54 am

    I think I see the Ghost!

  • 3. Dixie  |  March 6th, 2007 at 9:30 am

    Hi, I am a parisian born and bread…thank you for snaps they are amazing and a reminder that i should get back there as soon as!
    Can I invite you to join our new community, http://www.fuelmyblog.com and share your picture even more?
    Keep up the good work!

    Sylvie

  • 4. moino  |  March 7th, 2007 at 3:53 pm

    Your blog is great. I discovered it thanks to the ParisDailyblog.
    Your photos are full of poetry and teach me a lot about Paris that I don’t know so much although I am French and live in France .
    I have just inserted the link of your forum on my website which is dedicated to travels, trips and escapism . We’d be glad if you could join our little group.

  • 5. Louis la Vache  |  March 8th, 2007 at 2:15 am

    Once again your talent for showcasing architectural perspectives shows itself! And I very much like the way you made the image look as if it is actually a painting. Another very evocative image!

  • 6. Katie  |  March 9th, 2007 at 2:17 am

    This is a great Photgraph! Keep up such brilliant work! I am an American teen & have never visited France before, but I have been intrested in Paris for quite some time now. This picture gives me all the more reason to talk my Dad into Taking us on vacation!
    Thank-you!

  • 7. .:CushmoK:.  |  March 24th, 2007 at 7:40 am

    traitement de l’escalier vraiment très réussi !
    ghost is here, surely !

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