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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: *
Jacques I Androuet du Cerceau Jacques I Androuet du Cerceau, also given as Du Cerceau, DuCerceau, or Ducerceau (1510–1584) was a well-known French designer of architecture, ornament, furniture, metalwork and other decorative designs during the 16th century, and the founder ...
(1510–1584), architect, designer, and engraver *
Baptiste Androuet du Cerceau Jean Baptiste Androuet du Cerceau (1544/47–1590) was a French architect who designed the Pont Neuf (1579), spanning the Seine, Paris, and became supervisor of the royal works under Henri III and Henri IV, including the Louvre. Several ''hôtel ...
(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 *
Jacques II Androuet du Cerceau Jacques Androuet du Cerceau, the younger (1550 – 16 September 1614),Miller 1996, p. 353. was a French architect. Life and career He was born in Paris, the son of the eminent French architect and engraver, Jacques I Androuet du Cerceau, and ...
(1550–1614), architect, son of Jacques I * Charles Androuet du Cerceau (died 1600), architect and engineer, son of Jacques I *
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 classical style and was a major influence on François Mansart. Life Salomon was born in V ...
(1571–1626), architect, grandson of Jacques I *
Jean Androuet du Cerceau Jean may refer to: People * Jean (female given name) * Jean (male given name) * Jean (surname) Fictional characters * Jean Grey, a Marvel Comics character * Jean Valjean, fictional character in novel ''Les Misérables'' and its adaptations * Jea ...
(ca 1585–1649), architect and engineer, son of Baptiste *
Paul Androuet du Cerceau Paul Androuet du Cerceau (1623–1710), was a French goldsmith and engraver, who was active in Paris around 1610. According to ''Benezit'', Reynaud presumes he is the son of the architect Jean Baptiste Androuet du Cerceau, who built the Pont Neuf ...
(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


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Catherine de' Medici's building projects Catherine de' Medici's building projects included the Valois chapel at Saint-Denis, the Tuileries Palace, and the Hôtel de la Reine in Paris, and extensions to the château of Chenonceau, near Blois. Born in 1519 in Florence to an Italian fa ...


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 {{DEFAULTSORT:Androuet du Cerceau family 16th-century French architects 17th-century French architects French architecture writers Huguenots