This private mansion with its flat and somewhat sad facade hides a little treasure.
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This mansion was built in 1650 by Pierre Pavillon, assisted by Jean Daret for the staircase painted in trompe-l’œil in around 1654, for the Member of Parliament Jean-François d’Aimar d’Albi, Baron of Châteaurenard.
Famous as the house where the young Louis XIV stayed during his visit to Provence in 1660, this mansion has a magnificent state staircase, on a square well, decorated with trompe-l’œil paintings by the Flemish painter Jean Daret (1614-1668) who settled in Aix in...
Famous as the house where the young Louis XIV stayed during his visit to Provence in 1660, this mansion has a magnificent state staircase, on a square well, decorated with trompe-l’œil paintings by the Flemish painter Jean Daret (1614-1668) who settled in Aix in...
