Michael Leveilly (also Michel Leveilly, Michael Leveillé; 1694 – 23 January 1762) was a French architect who was active essentially in Germany.

Life

Leveilly was probably a pupil of

François Blondel François Blondel (; June 1618 – 21 January 1686) was a soldier, engineer of fortifications, mathematician, diplomat, military and civil engineer and architect, called "the Great Blondel", to distinguish him in a dynasty of Architecture in Fr ...

or of

Robert de Cotte Robert de Cotte (; 1656 – 15 July 1735) was a French architect-administrator, under whose design control of the royal buildings of France from 1699, the earliest notes presaging the Rococo, Rococo style were introduced. First a pupil of ...

. In 1717, at the behest of Elector

Joseph Clemens of Bavaria Joseph Clemens of Bavaria () (4 December 1671 – 12 November 1723) was a member of the Wittelsbach dynasty of Bavaria and also served as the Archbishop-Elector of Cologne from 1688 to 1723. Biography The third son of Ferdinand Maria, El ...

, he came to Bonn as an architectural and decorative draftsman to help realize the buildings designed by the Parisian court architect

. In 1722, he then moved to Bonn entirely. After the death of the Elector in 1723, he was taken into the service of the succeeding Elector

Clemens August of Bavaria Clemens August of Bavaria () (17 August 1700 – 6 February 1761) was an 18th-century member of the Wittelsbach dynasty of Bavaria and Archbishop-Elector of Cologne. Biography Clemens August (Clementus Augustus) was born in Brussels, the son of ...

. In 1728, Leveilly was appointed sub-architect and was also responsible for the gardens, then in 1733 he became senior architect. There, Leveilly was mainly active as executive architect, realizing the plans of

François de Cuvilliés François de Cuvilliés, sometimes referred to as ''the Elder'' (23 October 1695, Soignies, Hainaut14 April 1768, Munich), was a Bavarian decorative designer and architect born in the Spanish Netherlands. He was instrumental in bringing the Roco ...

, but also contributing and implementing his own ideas, especially for the interior finishes. In addition to his work as court architect, he also worked for the city of Bonn, whose Old City Hall he planned and built. On 10 February 1722, he married Anna Maria Seron (1700–1741) in St. Remigius. The couple had nine sons and six daughters. In his second marriage, Leveilly took on 5 December 1743 in the Bonn parish church St. Gangolf Agnes Gladbach to wife.Michael Leveilly (um 1700–1762), kurfürstlicher Hofarchitekt
Portal Rheinische Geschichte, Landschaftsverband Rheinland, retrieved 16 May 2021 Leveilly died in Bonn aged about 67.

Work

* Augustusburg and Falkenlust Palaces, Brühl * Altes Rathaus Bonn * Burg Graurheindorf * Schloss Arff *

Electoral Palace, Bonn The Electoral Palace () in Bonn is the former residential palace of the Electorate of Cologne, Prince-Electors of Cologne. Since 1818, it has been the University of Bonn's main building in the city center, home to the University administration and ...

* Priesterseminar Köln (destructed in 1864) * Gatehouse of the

Poppelsdorf Palace Poppelsdorf Palace (German: ''Poppelsdorfer Schloss'') is a Baroque building in the Poppelsdorf district of Bonn, western Germany, which is now part of the University of Bonn. Design and construction The design of a new structure to replace t ...

* Plettenberger Hof (Construction direction from 1729 to 1733) * Schloss Türnich, Kerpen * (attribution) Reconstruction and extension of the Sternenburg in , c. 1737 (demolished in 1908)Cornelia Kirschbaum: ''Wohnbauten des Hofadels in der kurkölnischen Residenzstadt Bonn im 17. und 18. Jahrhundert'' ( Georg Satzinger (ed.): ''Tholos – Kunsthistorische Studien'', vols 10.2). Rhema-Verlag, Münster 2019, , . (in the same time, Dissertation for the Bonn University, 2016)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Leveilly, Michael 18th-century French architects 1694 births 1762 deaths Place of birth missing

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