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Court facade of the 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 Grande Galerie of the Louvre [4] (the eastern section is traditionally attributed to him) [5] and may have designed the Petite Galerie. [3] He may also have conceived the Place des Vosges in Paris. [2] An archival discovery of 1984 led some historians to name Louis Métezeau as the architect 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 Palais du Luxembourg for 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 Premier Architecte du Roi of Henry IV of France. [10] [11]

Notes

  1. ^ a b Babelon 1996, p. 345.
  2. ^ a b "La place Ducale, coeur battant de Charleville". Les Échos. 20 July 2006. Retrieved 25 March 2010.
  3. ^ a b Sturgis 1901.
  4. ^ "Reprise des travaux". The Louvre. Retrieved 25 March 2010.
  5. ^ Ballon 1991, pp. 39–40.
  6. ^ Thomson 1984, p. 152; Ballon 1991, p. 43.
  7. ^ Gady 2008, p. 180.
  8. ^ Ayers says the architect of the Hôtel d'Angoulême is unknown (Ayers 2004, p. 99).
  9. ^ The Architecture of the Renaissance by Leonardo Benevolo, p.706; The architecture of Paris by Andrew Ayers, p.130. Collins on the other hand says Salomon de Brosse, the main architect of the palace, sent Louis' brother, Clément Métezeau ( Concrete by Peter Collins, Kenneth Frampton, Réjean Legault, p.166).
  10. ^ Babelon 1996, p. 346.
  11. ^ "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. 868 in 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.

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