498845 The Louvre and the H繫tel du Petit-Bourbon in 1622 during the reign of Louis XIII, 1885 (colour litho) by Hoffbauer, Theodor Josef Hubert (1839-1922) (after); Musee de la Ville de Paris, Musee Carnavalet, Paris, France; (add.info.: The Hotel du Petit-Bourbon (seen on the right of the image) was the Parisian town house of the Bourbon family; constructed in the 14th century just east of the Louvre; after the Bourbons became rulers of France in 1589 they used the Louvre as the primary royal residence but the Petit-Bourbon remained in use for court ceremonies, including the marriage of Louis XIII and for meetings of the Estates General in 1614 and 1615; it was also used in 1658 as the first theatre for the troupe of Moli癡re; pulled down in the 1660\'s to make room for the constrauction of Perrault\'s colonnade for the Louvre;); French, out of copyright.