Jean de Dammartin or Jehan de Dammartin sometimes spelled Dampmartin (14th-century in
Jargeau
Jargeau () is a commune in the Loiret department in north-central France.
It lies about south of Paris.
Geography
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(former
province
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of the
Orléanais – 1454 in
Tours
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) was a 15th-century French
architect
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.
He was the son of
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and probably
Guy de Dammartin's nephew.
Biography
Jean de Dammartin was the architect of the transept of the
Saint-Julien du Mans Cathedral, between 1420 and 1431.
[Thomas Rapin, ''La cathédrale de Tours. La façade. Les campagnes du XVe et le programme iconographique du portail central'', , in ''Congrès archéologique de France. 155e session. Monuments en Touraine. 1997'', , Paris, 2003.]
Forced to leave
Le Mans after the English took the city during the
hundred years war, he succeeded Olivier Freredoux as architect of the
cathédrale Saint-Gatien de Tours from 1431 and worked there until 1453 on the facade, when he was replaced by Jean Papin. He is referred to in the texts as "maistre and governor of the church of Tours".
Jean married Jeannette Moreau and had a son, Huguet de Dammartin, sculptor, who worked under his direction, as early as 1431, on the facade of the
Tours Cathedral
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Jean de Dammartin died in Tours in 1454.
References
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15th-century French architects
Gothic architects
1454 deaths