Jean-Michel Chevotet (11 July 1698,

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– 4 December 1772) was a French architect. He and

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were among the most eminent Parisian architects of the day and designed in both the restrained French

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manner, known as the " Louis XV style" and in the ''"

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"'' (literally "Greek taste") phase of early Neoclassicism. His grandson was

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Life

In 1722, Chevotet won the Académie royale d'architecture's very first Prix de Rome with a study of a triumphal arch. A skilled draughtsman, he illustrated several architectural treatises, such as

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's "Versailles immortalisé" (1720–1725) and

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's "L’Architecture française" (1727). On the death of Germain Boffrand in 1754, he became a member of the first rank of the Academie. He and d'Ivray were tutors to Claude Nicolas Ledoux, whom they introduced to

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, in particular the temples of Paestum. In 1748 and 1753, he unsuccessfully submitted 4 projects for the future Place Louis XV (now Place de la Concorde), and in 1764 was not commissioned for the extension of the

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Works

Hôtels

He was more successful in establishing his reputation through his aristocratic clientele and adapted many existing

ian hôtels to the modern taste, notably working on: *hôtel Molé (also called hôtel de Roquelaure) (1741–1742), rue Saint-Dominique (today 246 boulevard Saint-Germain) * hôtel de Béthune-Sully (also called hôtel de Lesdiguières) (1756–1757), rue Saint-Dominique (today 248 boulevard Saint-Germain) * Hôtel Perrinet de Jars, 33 rue du Faubourg-Saint-Honoré *the Pavillon de Hanovre for Louis François Armand du Plessis, duc de Richelieu,

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, commemorating his victories in Hanover, on rue Neuve-Saint-Augustin (deconstructed for the construction of the Palais Berlitz on the

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, and rebuilt in 1932 in the park of the Château de Sceaux)

Country houses and gardens

He also built country houses around Paris, notably: *the house and gardens of château de Champlâtreux (1751–1757) for Mathieu-François Molé, president of the Great Council, also designing the gardens *the house of Château d'Arnouville at Arnouville-lès-Gonesse (1751–57), for Jean-Baptiste de Machault d'Arnouville, president of the Great Council, collaborating with d'Ivry *the neo-classical house and gardens of Château de Petit-Bourg at Évry (1756) for Germain Louis Chauvelin, president of the Great Council, destroyed 1944 *the gardens at Belœil (1754 and 1760) for princes Claude Lamoral de Ligne and Charles-Joseph de Ligne *the gardens at Orsay (1758–1764) for Pierre Gaspard Marie Grimod d'Orsay. He may also have worked on the modernisation of the Château of Thoiry ( Yvelines).

Bibliography

*Baritou, Jean-Louis, Chevotet, Contant, Chaussard, Paris, Délégation à l'Action Artistique de la Ville de Paris, La Manufacture, 1987, {{DEFAULTSORT:Chevotet, Jean-Michel 1698 births 1772 deaths French Rococo architects French neoclassical architects 18th-century French architects Architects from Paris Members of the Académie royale d'architecture Prix de Rome for architecture