Saint-Honoré, and Colbert de Torcy purchased one as a semi-finished shell, 14 November 1715, which he finished as a suitable Paris residence, the hôtel de Torcy (later the hôtel de Beauharnais, now the German Embassy 78, rue de Lille). There his magnificent installation among his tapestries, furnishings paintings, Chinese porcelains mounted in gilt-bronze, sculptures and other works of art above all in his cabinet doré, giving onto the salon that was lit from both sides, provided him solace and comfort in a long and productive retirement, in which he completed his Mémoirs pour servir à l'histoire des négotiations depuis le Traité de Riswick jusqu'à la Paix d'Utrecht, published in 1756. Colbert de Torcy died at Paris in 1746. His official portrait was painted by Hyacinthe Rigaud. Colbert de Torcy is commemorated in the rue de Torcy, Paris XVIIIème . References Childs, Nick (2000) A Political Academy in Paris 1724-1731: The Entresol and Its Members in series Studies on Voltaire and the Eighteenth Century. (Oxford: Voltaire Foundation) . Review by Thomas E. Kaiser Further reading Electronically available by subscription Ebrary; EBSCO; and des Libris. 1665 births 1746 deaths Diplomats from Paris People of the Regency of Philippe d'Orléans People of the Ancien Régime 17th-century French diplomats 18th-century French diplomats French Foreign Ministers Members of the French Academy of Sciences Ambassadors of France to Prussia French marquesses