Animated view of the Château d'Issy

The Château d'Issy was commissioned from architect Pierre Bullet (1639-1716) by Denis Talon (1681-1698), President à mortier, King's Councillor and First Advocate General of the French Parliament, and was completed at the end of the 17th century. It was quickly purchased in 1699 by François Louis de Bourbon (1664-1709), Prince de Conti, known as ‘le Grand Conti’, and remained in the Bourbon-Conti family until 1776.

It is shown here when it belonged to the Comte de l'Espine.
After several successive owners, it was burnt down on 4 May 1871 by the gunners of the Paris Commune, and finally destroyed in 1910 after 40 years of neglect.
Rodin bought some of the remains to incorporate into his Meudon park.

Today, all that remains are a fountain, a dovecote, an orangery and the most recent half of the entrance hemicycle, built at the end of the 18th century, which houses the history gallery of the Musée de la Ville d'Issy, part of the French Playing Card Museum.

With its meticulous workmanship, fresh, contrasting palette and elegant composition, this work is typical of the French school of the early 19th century and is reminiscent of the work of Etienne Bouhot (1780-1862).

At the foot of the château, we can make out a meticulously painted sporting discipline or team game.