Mansart was highly recognized from the 1620s onward for his style and skill as an architect, but he was viewed as a stubborn and difficult perfectionist, tearing down his structures in order to start building them over again.
Mansart foi altamente recoñecido dende a década de 1620 polo estilo, habilidade e calidade da súa arquitectura, mais foi considerado como un perfeccionista testán, que non dubidaba en demoler as súas estruturas coa fin de volver comezar a construír sobre elas.