Louis Boudan (16??–17??) was an artist who worked for
François Roger de Gaignières
François Roger de Gaignières (30 December 1642, Entrains-sur-Nohain – 1715, Paris), was a French genealogist, antiquary and collector.
Life
He was the grandson of a merchant at Lyon and the son of Aimé de Gaignières, secretary to the Coun ...
, a French
genealogist
Genealogy () is the study of families, family history, and the tracing of their lineages. Genealogists use oral interviews, historical records, genetic analysis, and other records to obtain information about a family and to demonstrate kinsh ...
,
antiquary
An antiquarian or antiquary () is an fan (person), aficionado or student of antiquities or things of the past. More specifically, the term is used for those who study history with particular attention to ancient artifact (archaeology), artifac ...
and collector who was active in the late 17th and early 18th centuries.
Boudan carried out commissions for de Gaignières for over 30 years. Most of his work for de Gaignières was done between 1695 and 1715 when he, de Gaignières and the latter's secretary, Barthélemy Remy, toured France to carry out a survey of historical monuments. Boudan's work makes up the bulk of the ''Recueil de Gaignières'', a collection of engravings gathered by de Gaignières over the course of his life. It was donated to
Louis XIV
, house = Bourbon
, father = Louis XIII
, mother = Anne of Austria
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, birth_place = Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France
, death_date =
, death_place = Palace of Vers ...
and most of the folio plates created for de Gaignières by Boudan are today held by the
Bibliothèque nationale de France
The Bibliothèque nationale de France (, 'National Library of France'; BnF) is the national library of France, located in Paris on two main sites known respectively as ''Richelieu'' and ''François-Mitterrand''. It is the national repository ...
.
Gallery
File:CHateau de Plessis-les-Tours Courtyard Louis Boudan.jpg,
Château de Plessis-lez-Tours
The Royal Château de Plessis-lèz-Tours is the remains of a late Gothic château located in the town of La Riche in the Indre-et-Loire department, in the Loire Valley of France. Around three fourths of the former royal residence were pulled down ...
(1699)
File:Chateau de Plessis-les-Tours Louis Boudan.jpg, Château de Plessis-lez-Tours
File:Chinon Louis Boudan.jpg,
Château de Chinon
Château de Chinon is a castle located on the bank of the river Vienne in Chinon, France. It was founded by Theobald I, Count of Blois. In the 11th century the castle became the property of the counts of Anjou. In 1156 Henry II of England, ...
(1699)
File:Chateau de Tournoel Louis Boudan.jpg, Château de Tournoël
File:Chateau d'Esneval, Louis Boudan 1702.jpg,
Château d'Acquigny
The Château d'Acquigny is a French castle located in the department of Eure in Upper Normandy.
The present castle was built in 1557 by Anne de Laval and was listed in the French National Inventory of Historical Monuments in 1926.
Topography ...
in
Pays de Caux
The Pays de Caux (, , literally ''Land of Caux'') is an area in Normandy occupying the greater part of the French ''département'' of Seine Maritime in Normandy. It is a chalk plateau to the north of the Seine Estuary and extending to the cliffs ...
near the village of
Pavilly
Pavilly () is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.
Geography
A town of farming and light industry situated by the banks of the river Austreberthe in the Pays de Caux, some northwest of Rouen at ...
(1702)
File:Château de Dissay (Louis Boudan, 1699).jpg, Castle of
Dissay
Dissay () is a commune in the Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in western France. The main landmark is the castle, built in the 15th century by Pierre d'Amboise, bishop of Poitiers.
History
Human settlement in the territory ...
File:Veüe de la Ville et (...)Boudan Louis btv1b69020363.jpg, Chasteau de
Beaupréau
Beaupréau () is a former commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
On 15 December 2015, Andrezé, Beaupréau, La Chapelle-du-Genêt, Gesté, Jallais, La Jubaudière, Le Pin-en-Mauges, La Poitevinière, Saint-Philbert-en-Maug ...
File:Voves par Louis Boudan en 1696 Eure-et-Loir France.jpeg,
Eure-et-Loir
Eure-et-Loir (, locally: ) is a French department, named after the Eure and Loir rivers. It is located in the region of Centre-Val de Loire. In 2019, Eure-et-Loir had a population of 431,575.Abbey of Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte
File:Château d'Ussé Boudan 1699.jpg,
Château d'Ussé
Ussé is a castle in the Indre-et-Loire ''département'', in France. The stronghold at the edge of the Chinon forest overlooking the Indre Valley was first fortified in the eleventh century by the Norman ''seigneur'' of Ussé, Gueldin de Saumur, w ...
in
Indre-et-Loire
Indre-et-Loire () is a department in west-central France named after the Indre River and Loire River
The Loire (, also ; ; oc, Léger, ; la, Liger) is the longest river in France and the 171st longest in the world. With a length of , it ...
(1699)
File:Chapelle du château d'Ussé Boudan 1699.jpg, Château d'Ussé
File:Chateau de Bailleul Boudan 1696.jpg, Schloss Bailleul, Normandie (1696)
File:Veüe de l'hostel de Ville de Mayenne et de la grande Place avec la Fontaine.jpg, Ville de Mayenne and the main square with the Fountain (1695)
