Laurent Grimod de La Reynière (11 February 1734 – 26 December 1793) was a French financier and fermier général. He was the son of Antoine-(Gaspard) Grimod, seigneur de La Reynière (1690 – 9 February 1754), another fermier général, and his third wife Marie-Madeleine Mazard (28 May 1716 – 23 February 1773), of whom a pastel portrait was executed by Maurice-(Quentin) de La Tour in 1751.
In 1775, he had the hôtel Grimod de La Reynière constructed in Paris in the corner between Avenue Gabriel and Rue Boissy d'Anglas. The architect was Jean-Benoît-Vincent Barré, and the painter Charles-Louis Clérisseau produced its interior decorative scheme, the first in Europe to be based on the archaeological discoveries at Pompeii and Herculanum.
Laurent Grimod de La Reynière, was a French financier.
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