Laurent Grimod de La Reynière (1733–1793) was a French financier and fermier général. He was the son of Antoine Gaspard Grimod de La Reynière (1690–1756), another fermier général, and the father of the famous gastronome Alexandre Balthazar Laurent Grimod de La Reynière

Alexandre Balthazar Laurent Grimod de La Reynière

Alexandre Balthazar Laurent Grimod de La Reynière , trained as a lawyer, acquired fame during the reign of Napoleon, for his sensual and public gastronomic lifestyle. Son of Laurent Grimod de La Reynière, he inherited the family fortune on the death of his father, a fermier général, in 1792...

 (1758–1837).

In 1775 he had the hôtel Grimod de La Reynière

Hôtel Grimod de La Reynière

The Hôtel Grimod de La Reynière was an hôtel particulier in Paris, in the corner between Avenue Gabriel and Rue Boissy d'Anglas.It was built in 1775 in a Neo-Classical style by Jean-Benoît-Vincent Barré for the fermier général Laurent Grimod de La Reynière...

 constructed in Paris in the corner between the Avenue Gabriel et Rue Boissy d'Anglas. The architect was Jean-Benoît-Vincent Barré, and the painter Charles-Louis Clérisseau

Charles-Louis Clérisseau

Charles-Louis Clérisseau was a French architectural draughtsman, antiquary and artist. He had a role in the genesis of neoclassical architecture during the second half of the 18th century....

 produced its interior decorative scheme, the first in Europe to be based on the archaeological discoveries at Pompeii

Pompeii

The city of Pompeii is a partially buried Roman town-city near modern Naples in the Italian region of Campania, in the territory of the comune of Pompei. Along with Herculaneum, Pompeii was destroyed and completely buried during a long catastrophic eruption of the volcano Mount Vesuvius spanning...

 and Herculanum.