Antoine Matthieu Le Carpentier (15 July 1709 - 1773) was a French architect.

Biography

Antoine Matthieu Le Carpentier was born in

Rouen Rouen (, ; or ) is a city on the River Seine in northern France. It is the prefecture of the region of Normandy and the department of Seine-Maritime. Formerly one of the largest and most prosperous cities of medieval Europe, the population ...

, the son of a carpenter. He became a member of the

Académie royale d'architecture The Académie Royale d'Architecture (; en, "Royal Academy of Architecture") was a French learned society founded in 1671. It had a leading role in influencing architectural theory and education, not only in France, but throughout Europe and t ...

in 1756. His students included the brothers Joseph-Abel and Guillaume-Martin Couture, Jean-Baptiste Louis Élisabeth Le Boursier and

Jean-Benoît-Vincent Barré Jean Benoît Vincent Barré ( Seine-Port, Seine-et-Marne, 22 January 1735 - Seine-Port, 27 January 1824) was a French architect. He was one of the most important architects of the 18th century and one of the creators of the 'Louis XVI style' ...

. He died in

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in 1773.

Works

His works include the rebuilding of the Château de la Ferté-Vidame (1771). {{DEFAULTSORT:Le Carpentier 1709 births 1773 deaths Architects from Rouen 18th-century French architects Members of the Académie royale d'architecture