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Jehan (Jean) Texier or Le Texier (before 1474 – 29 December 1529 in Chartres), better known as Jehan (Jean) de Beauce was a 15th/16th-century French architect. He is known for his works of religious architecture, notably on the
Jean de Beauce
on Chartres-tourisme
''Jehan de Beauce, bâtisseur de la flêche nord de la cathédrale''
Jehan (Jean) Texier or Le Texier (before 1474 – 29 December 1529 in Chartres), better known as Jehan (Jean) de Beauce was a 15th/16th-century French architect. He is known for his works of religious architecture, notably on the Chartres cathedral
Chartres Cathedral, also known as the Cathedral of Our Lady of Chartres (french: Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Chartres), is a Roman Catholic church in Chartres, France, about southwest of Paris, and is the seat of the Bishop of Chartres. Mostly con ...
of which he reconstructed the northern spire
A spire is a tall, slender, pointed structure on top of a roof of a building or tower, especially at the summit of church steeples. A spire may have a square, circular, or polygonal plan, with a roughly conical or pyramidal shape. Spires a ...
.
Biography
Jehan possibly traces his family roots back to the small town ofLa Ferté-Bernard
La Ferté-Bernard () is a commune in the Sarthe department in the Pays de la Loire region in north-western France.
History
La Ferté-Bernard owes its origin and name to a stronghold (''fermeté'') built about the 11th century and afterwards hel ...
where several members of the Le Texier family are documented, including a homonymous stone mason who is probably Jehan de Beauce's cousin . The name Jehan Texier appears in the town ledgers of Le Mans in 1474 where he possibly worked as a stonemason at the castle.
Until 1506 he resided at Vendôme
Vendôme (, ) is a subprefecture of the department of Loir-et-Cher, France. It is also the department's third-biggest commune with 15,856 inhabitants (2019).
It is one of the main towns along the river Loir. The river divides itself at the ...
where he participated in the building of the Trinity Abbey.
In 1506, he was commissioned to rebuild the northern bell tower of the Chartres Cathedral
Chartres Cathedral, also known as the Cathedral of Our Lady of Chartres (french: Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Chartres), is a Roman Catholic church in Chartres, France, about southwest of Paris, and is the seat of the Bishop of Chartres. Mostly con ...
destroyed by lightning on 26 July 1506.
In Chartres, Jehan de Beauce also built::
* The renovation of the between 1513 and 1525.
* The construction of the pavillon of the in 1520.
* The construction of the arch extending the above the Eure river.
References
External links
Jean de Beauce
on Chartres-tourisme
''Jehan de Beauce, bâtisseur de la flêche nord de la cathédrale''
Bibliography
* Marcel Couturier, ''Un Maître d'œuvre au XVIe siècle: Jehan de Beauce'', in: ''Mémoires de la Société archéologique d'Eure-et-Loir'', years 1988-1994, pp. 225-239 () *Isabelle Isnard, ''Être architecte à la fin du Moyen Âge: la carrière protéiforme de Jean de Beauce, "maître maçon de l'oeuvre de l'église de Chartres"'', in: Revue de l'Art, n°151/2006-l, p. 9-23 {{DEFAULTSORT:Beauce, Jehan de 16th-century French architects 1529 deaths Year of birth uncertain