Antoine Matthieu Le Carpentier (;
Rouen
Rouen (, ; or ) is a city on the River Seine, in northwestern France. It is in the prefecture of Regions of France, region of Normandy (administrative region), Normandy and the Departments of France, department of Seine-Maritime. Formerly one ...
, 1709 -
Paris
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, 1773) was a French architect.
Biography
Antoine Matthieu Le Carpentier was born in
Rouen
Rouen (, ; or ) is a city on the River Seine, in northwestern France. It is in the prefecture of Regions of France, region of Normandy (administrative region), Normandy and the Departments of France, department of Seine-Maritime. Formerly one ...
, the son of a carpenter.
He became a member of the
Académie royale d'architecture
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in 1756. His students included the brothers
Joseph-Abel and
Guillaume-Martin Couture,
Jean-Baptiste Louis Élisabeth Le Boursier
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Persons
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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 sty ...
.
He died in
Paris
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in 1773.
Works
His works include the rebuilding of the Château de
la Ferté-Vidame
La Ferté-Vidame () is a commune in the Eure-et-Loir department in northern France.
Geography
The Commune along with another 70 communes shares part of a 47,681 hectare, Natura 2000 conservation area, called the Forêts et étangs du Perche.
...
(1771).
References
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1709 births
1773 deaths
Architects from Rouen
18th-century French architects
Members of the Académie royale d'architecture