Name of Object:

[Paris] stock exchange

Location:

Paris, France

Holding Institution:

National Library of France

 About National Library of France, Paris

Date of Object:

1840

Inventory Number:

EST RESERVE VE-53 (C)

Description:

This building (Palais Brongniart), located in the heart of Paris, housed the French stock exchange for almost two centuries. Its atmosphere, as a powerful financial building bearing witness to great bankers' fortunes and failures, inspired writers such as Honoré de Balzac in La Maison Nucingen and Émile Zola in L’Argent.

Type of Object

Drawing

Archival or Bibliographical Reference:

ark:/12148/btv1b7743761q

Citation of this web page:

"[Paris] stock exchange " in "Sharing History", Museum With No Frontiers, 2026.
https://sharinghistory.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;AWE;fr;101;en

Translation by: Flaminia Baldwin

MWNF Working Number: FR 101