Louis Métezeau
Hôtel d'Angoulême
Louis Métezeau (1559 – 18 August 1615) was a French architect.[1]
Life and career
Métezeau was born in Dreux, Eure-et-Loir, and died in Paris. He was the son of Thibault Métezeau, the brother of Clément II Métezeau[2] and the nephew of Jean Métezeau.[1] The register of the city of Dreux refers to him as architecte du roi et contrôleur des bâtiments royaux.[3]
Métezeau probably undertook the construction of the
Hôtel d'Angoulême.[6] It is now suggested that Louis' father, Thibault Métezeau, more likely designed it.[7][8]
Métezeau was probably involved in the building of the
Marie de Medicis: she is believed to have sent him to Florence in 1611 to make drawings of the Palazzo Pitti, which was to be used as a model by the regent's order.[9]
At his death, Métezeau was identified as
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The eastern section of the Louvre's Grande Galerie, from an engraving by Jean Marot (c. 1670)
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Notes
- ^ a b Babelon 1996, p. 345.
- ^ Les Échos. 20 July 2006. Retrieved 25 March 2010.
- ^ a b Sturgis 1901.
- The Louvre. Retrieved 25 March 2010.
- ^ Ballon 1991, pp. 39–40.
- ^ Thomson 1984, p. 152; Ballon 1991, p. 43.
- ^ Gady 2008, p. 180.
- ^ Ayers says the architect of the Hôtel d'Angoulême is unknown (Ayers 2004, p. 99).
- Clément Métezeau (Concrete by Peter Collins, Kenneth Frampton, Réjean Legault, p.166).
- ^ Babelon 1996, p. 346.
- ^ "Chapelle Saint-Louis, Prytanée militaire, La Flèche, France". Université du Québec. Retrieved 25 March 2010.
Bibliography
- Ayers, Andrew (2004). The Architecture of Paris. Stuttgart; London: Edition Axel Menges. ISBN 9783930698967.
- Babelon, Jean-Pierre (1996). "Métezeau: (1) Louis Métezeau", vol. 21, p.p 345–346, in The Dictionary of Art, edited by Jane Turner, reprinted with minor corrections in 1998. ISBN 9781884446009. Also at Oxford Art Online.
- Ballon, Hilary (1991). The Paris of Henri IV: Architecture and Urbanism. Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press. ISBN 9780262023092.
- Gady, Alexandre (2008). Les hôtels particuliers de Paris, du Moyen-Âge à la Belle époque, Paris, Parigramme. 2012 edition: ISBN 9782840967040.
- Sturgis, Russell (1901). "Métezeau, Louis", vol. 2 (F–N), col. 868in A Dictionary of Architecture and Building. New York: Macmillan.
- Thomson, David (1984). Renaissance Paris: Architecture and Growth, 1475-1600, Berkeley, University of California Press. ISBN 9780520053595.
External links
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