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Domenico da Cortona called "''Boccador''" (ca 1465 – ca 1549) was an Italian architect, a pupil of
Giuliano da Sangallo
Giuliano da Sangallo (c. 1445 – 1516) was an Italian sculptor, architect and military engineer active during the Italian Renaissance. He is known primarily for being the favored architect of Lorenzo de' Medici, his patron. In this role, Giulia ...
. he was brought to France by
Charles VIII and remained in the service of
François I
Francis I (french: François Ier; frm, Francoys; 12 September 1494 – 31 March 1547) was King of France from 1515 until his death in 1547. He was the son of Charles, Count of Angoulême, and Louise of Savoy. He succeeded his first cousin once ...
. His design for the royal
Château de Chambord
The Château de Chambord () in Chambord, Centre-Val de Loire, France, is one of the most recognisable châteaux in the world because of its very distinctive French Renaissance architecture which blends traditional French medieval forms with cla ...
, represented in a wooden model, survived into the seventeenth century but responsibility for the design is also given to
Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (15 April 14522 May 1519) was an Italian polymath of the High Renaissance who was active as a painter, Drawing, draughtsman, engineer, scientist, theorist, sculptor, and architect. While his fame initially res ...
, who was at the royal court at
Amboise
Amboise (; ) is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France. Today a small market town, it was once home of the French royal court.
Geography
Amboise lies on the banks of the river Loire, east of Tours. It is also about away f ...
at the same time, and the actual construction, during which much was improvised, was under the on-site supervision of Pierre Nepveu.
Domenico da Cortona was domiciled at Blois. He was at Amboise, responsible for design planning in festivities marking the birth of the dauphin in April 1518. He also supervised military engineering works at the châteaux of
Tournai
Tournai or Tournay ( ; ; nl, Doornik ; pcd, Tornai; wa, Tornè ; la, Tornacum) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. It lies southwest of Brussels on the river Scheldt. Tournai is part of Euromet ...
and
Ardres
Ardres (; vls, Aarden, lang; pcd, Arde) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France.
Geography
Ardres is located 10.1 mi by rail (station is at Pont-d'Ardres, a few km from Ardres) S.S.E. of Calais, with which it is als ...
.
Domenico is sometimes credited with designing the
Église Saint-Eustache in Paris, although other architects have also been suggested.
[Andrew Ayers, ''The Architecture of Paris'', Stuttgart: Axel Menges, 2004, , p. 52. Ayers says the architect of Saint-Eustache is unknown, but mentions Jean Delamarre and Pierre Le Mercier as likely candidates. He does not mention Domenico da Cortona.] The
Hôtel de Ville of Paris, destroyed during the Commune, 24 May 1871, bore an inscription ending ''Domenico Cortonensi architectante''.
The standard monograph is P. Lesueur, ''Dominique de Cortone dit Boccador'' (Paris) 1928.
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15th-century Italian architects
16th-century Italian architects
1460s births
1540s deaths