FERRARIS MANSION
This
18TH century mansion, by Boffrand,
is the finest of the stately homes in Nancy.
The grand staircase with its hand rail by Jean Lamour is surmounted by a loggia
painted in " trompe-l'il " by an Italian artist. A fountain takes
up one wall of the courtyard with the sea god Neptune in the place of Honour
leaning on one of his sea-horses. The two attractive groups of chubby children
playing with dolphins which flanked the statue of Neptune were removed after
World War I.