Androuet du Cerceau was a family of
French architect
An architect is a person who plans, designs, and oversees the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to provide services in connection with the design of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the buildings that h ...
s and designers active in the 16th and early 17th century.
Family members include:
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Jacques I Androuet du Cerceau (1510–1584), architect, designer, and engraver
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Baptiste Androuet du Cerceau (1544/47–1590), architect who designed the
Pont Neuf
The Pont Neuf (, "New Bridge") is the oldest standing bridge across the river Seine in Paris, France. It stands by the western (downstream) point of the Île de la Cité, the island in the middle of the river that was, between 250 and 225 BC, ...
, son of Jacques I
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Jacques II Androuet du Cerceau (1550–1614), architect, son of Jacques I
* Charles Androuet du Cerceau (died 1600), architect and engineer, son of Jacques I
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Salomon de Brosse
Salomon de Brosse (c. 1571 – 8 December 1626) was an early 17th-century French architect who moved away from late Mannerism to reassert the French Baroque architecture, French classical style and was a major influence on François Mansart.
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(1571–1626), architect, grandson of Jacques I
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Jean Androuet du Cerceau
Jean Androuet du Cerceau (c.1585–1650) was a French architect, the son of Jean Baptiste Androuet du Cerceau, the outstanding Parisian architect of his generation.
Cerceau the younger is known for his ''hôtels particuliers'' in Paris. One, t ...
(ca 1585–1649), architect and engineer, son of Baptiste
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Paul Androuet du Cerceau (1623–1710), goldsmith and engraver, grandson of Jacques II
* Gabriel-Guillaume Androuet du Cerceau (''fl'' 1697–1743), architect, designer, and painter; grandson of Jacques II
See also
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Catherine de' Medici's building projects
References
* Baldus, Eduoard (n. d.
. 1880. Oeuvre de Jacques Androuet dit du Cerceau. Meubles. Paris; Edouard Baldus.
* Miller, Naomi (1996). "Du Cerceau. French family of artists.", vol. 9, pp. 350–354, in ''The Dictionary of Art'', edited by Jane Turner, reprinted with minor corrections in 1998. New York: Grove. .
External links
George Goodall, "Besson and du Cerceau" 2005 Jacques I Androuet du Cerceau's partnership with designer and mechanician Jacques Besson
* Du Cerceau's Books on line: https://web.archive.org/web/20070420012058/http://www.cesr.univ-tours.fr/architectura/Traite/Auteur/Androuet_du_Cerceau.asp
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16th-century French architects
17th-century French architects
French architecture writers
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