Hugues Sambin (; ca. 1520–1601) was a

Franc-comtois Frainc-Comtou (french: franc-comtois) is a Romance language of the '' langues d'oïl'' language family spoken in the Franche-Comté region of France and in the Canton of Jura and Bernese Jura in Switzerland. Sample vocabulary References Bi ...

sculptor, trained as a ''menuisier'' or wood-worker;In 1547, in Dijon, he married the daughter of another ''menuisier''.
Hugues Sambin (ca.1520 - 1601)
as a designer of

Mannerist Mannerism, which may also be known as Late Renaissance, is a style in European art that emerged in the later years of the Italian High Renaissance around 1520, spreading by about 1530 and lasting until about the end of the 16th century in Italy, ...

ornaments, his published designs, such as ''Oevvre de la diversite des termes, dont on use en architecture, reduicts en ordres'', Lyon, 1572, inspired luxury furnishings, such as dressoires, armoires and cabinets. Its preface was signed "Hugues Sambin, Architecteur en la ville de Dijon". As an architect, Sambin worked on the designs for temporary festive structures for the Royal Entry into

Dijon Dijon (, , ) (dated) * it, Digione * la, Diviō or * lmo, Digion is the prefecture of the Côte-d'Or department and of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in northeastern France. the commune had a population of 156,920. The earlies ...

of Henri II and that of Charles IX (1564), for which Sambin was coordinator; in more lasting commissions, he built the Parlement of Besançon and the structure that is ''palais de Justice'' at

, built to house the Parlement of Burgundy (1572). Archival references have recently revealed that he had spent six months in 1544 working at the

Palace of Fontainebleau Palace of Fontainebleau (; ) or Château de Fontainebleau, located southeast of the center of Paris, in the commune of Fontainebleau, is one of the largest French royal châteaux. The medieval castle and subsequent palace served as a residence ...

, where the French Mannerist style was being rapidly evolved and perfected among the painters and stucco-workers and engravers of the

School of Fontainebleau The School of Fontainbleau (french: École de Fontainebleau) (c. 1530 – c. 1610) refers to two periods of artistic production in France during the late Renaissance centered on the royal Palace of Fontainebleau that were crucial in forming the No ...

. The somewhat hectic and overcharged style of Hugues Sambin was one of the models employed in

Renaissance Revival architecture Renaissance Revival architecture (sometimes referred to as "Neo-Renaissance") is a group of 19th century architectural revival styles which were neither Greek Revival nor Gothic Revival but which instead drew inspiration from a wide range o ...

of the second half of the nineteenth century. An exhibition at the Musée National de la Renaissance,

Château d'Écouen The Château d'Écouen is an historic château in the commune of Écouen, some 20 km north of Paris, France, and a notable example of French Renaissance architecture. Since 1975, it has housed the collections of the Musée national de la Renaissan ...

, October 2001 – January 2002, and the catalogue, ''Hugues Sambin: Un Créateur au XVIe siècle (vers 1520-1601)'' (

Alain Erlande-Brandenburg Alain Erlande-Brandenburg (2 August 1937 in Luxeuil (Haute-Saône) – 6 June 2020, Paris) was a French art historian and honorary general curator for heritage, a specialist on Gothic and Romanesque art. Early life Erlande-Brandenburg was son ...

, curator) revived interest in the craftsman-designer, who was trained as a ''menuisier''.

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(Getty Museum), Walnut cabinet, 1580, in the manner associated with Hugues Sambin

1572. 16th-century French sculptors 16th-century French architects French male sculptors 1601 deaths Year of birth uncertain {{France-artist-stub