Androuet du Cerceau was a family of
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architect
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s and designers active in the 16th and early 17th century.
Family members include:
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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
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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, son of Jacques I
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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
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Salomon de Brosse (1571–1626), architect, grandson of Jacques I
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Jean Androuet du Cerceau
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(ca 1585–1649), architect and engineer, son of Baptiste
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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
See also
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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
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16th-century French architects
17th-century French architects
French architecture writers
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