page_title: Institut de France
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Institut de France / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Esplanade devant l'Institut de France, quai de Conti, Paris, avril 1898 Fonds Trutat - Photographie ancienne Cote&#160;: TRU C 1735 Localisation&#160;: Fonds ancien (S 30) Original non communicable Titre&#160;: Esplanade devant l'Institut de France, quai de Conti, Paris, avril 1898 Auteur&#160;: Trutat, Eugène Rôle de l’auteur&#160;: Photographe Lieu de création&#160;: Paris (France) Date de création&#160;: 1898 Mesures&#160;:&#160;: 7 x 9 cm Observations&#160;: Note manuscrite de Trutat&#160;: " Paris&#160;: l'Institut, avril 1898 ". Mot(s)-clé(s)&#160;: -- Esplanade -- Place -- Statue -- Socle -- Architecture d'activité artistique -- Homme -- Femme -- Pavement -- Ornement et accessoire d'architecture -- Institut de France (Paris) -- Paris (France) -- Ile-de-France (France) -- 19e siècle, 4e quart -- 17e siècle Médium&#160;: Photographies -- Négatifs sur plaque de verre -- Noir et blanc -- Scènes de rue -- Vues d'architecture Bibliothèque de Toulouse. Domaine public
context_page_description: The Institut de France is a French learned society, grouping five académies, including the Académie Française.
  The Institute, located in Paris, manages approximately 1,000 foundations, as well as museums and châteaux open for visit. It also awards prizes and subsidies, which amounted to a total of over €27 million per year in 2017. Most of these prizes are awarded by the Institute on the recommendation of the académies.
context_section_description: The building was originally constructed as the Collège des Quatre-Nations by Cardinal Mazarin, as a school for students from new provinces attached to France under Louis XIV. 
  The Institut de France was established on 25 October 1795, by the French government.
  In 2017, Xavier Darcos was named the Institut de France's chancellor.
caption: Esplanade in front of the Institut, 1898
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