Louis Montoyer (1747, Mariemont,

Austrian Netherlands The Austrian Netherlands nl, Oostenrijkse Nederlanden; french: Pays-Bas Autrichiens; german: Österreichische Niederlande; la, Belgium Austriacum. was the territory of the Burgundian Circle of the Holy Roman Empire between 1714 and 1797. The p ...

, now

Belgium Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to th ...

– 5 June 1811,

Vienna en, Viennese , iso_code = AT-9 , registration_plate = W , postal_code_type = Postal code , postal_code = , timezone = CET , utc_offset = +1 , timezone_DST ...

) was an 18th-century Belgian-Austrian architect, principally active in

Brussels Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...

and

Vienna en, Viennese , iso_code = AT-9 , registration_plate = W , postal_code_type = Postal code , postal_code = , timezone = CET , utc_offset = +1 , timezone_DST ...

Life

He worked in Brussels as an architect and building contractor from 1778 onwards. Although he has been credited as the architect of the

Royal Palace of Laeken The Palace of Laeken or Castle of Laeken (french: Château de Laeken, nl, Kasteel van Laken, german: Schloss zu Laeken) is the official residence of the King of the Belgians and the Belgian Royal Family. It lies in the Brussels-Capital Regio ...

(for

Prince Albert of Saxony, Duke of Teschen Prince Albert Casimir of Saxony, Duke of Teschen (11 July 1738, Moritzburg, Electorate of Saxony – 10 February 1822, Vienna) was a Saxon prince from the House of Wettin who married into the Habsburg imperial family. He was noted as an art ...

and his wife Archduchess Maria-Christina), later research made clear he was merely executing the designs of other architects such as

Charles de Wailly Charles de Wailly () (9 November 1730 – 2 November 1798) was a French architect and urbanist, and furniture designer, one of the principals in the Neoclassical revival of the Antique. His major work was the Théâtre de l'Odéon for the Comédi ...

. In 1795 he came to Vienna with

, who had already appointed him his court architect in 1780. There he first worked on rebuilding the duke's palace, now known as the

Albertina The Albertina is a museum in the Innere Stadt (First District) of Vienna, Austria. It houses one of the largest and most important print rooms in the world with approximately 65,000 drawings and approximately 1 million old master prints, as well ...

. He also built the Ceremonial Hall at the

Hofburg The Hofburg is the former principal imperial palace of the Habsburg dynasty. Located in the centre of Vienna, it was built in the 13th century and expanded several times afterwards. It also served as the imperial winter residence, as Schönbrunn ...

, connecting the Leopoldian part of the building with the old Imperial Palace. Also in Vienna, Montoyer built the

Palais Rasumofsky Palais Rasumofsky (russian: Разумовски-пале) is a palace in Vienna, Austria. The palace was commissioned by Prince Andrey Kyrillovich Razumovsky as a Neoclassic embassy worthy of the representative of Alexander I. It was built a ...

for the former Russian ambassador

Andrey Razumovsky Count (later Prince) Andrey Kirillovich Razumovskyrussian: Андре́й Кири́ллович Разумо́вский, , german: Andreas von Rasumofsky (2 November 1752 – 23 September 1836) was a Russian Imperial diplomat who spent man ...

. On 25 September 1805 he was made an honorary citizen of Vienna, and in 1807 he was appointed court architect to Francis II. He was buried in the

St. Marx Cemetery St. Marx Cemetery (Sankt Marxer Friedhof) is a cemetery in the Landstraße district of Vienna, used from 1784 until 1874. It contains the unmarked grave of the famous composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. History The cemetery was named after a nearb ...

, where his memorial can still be seen.

Works

Belgium

Théâtre Royal du Parc The Royal Park Theatre (french: Théâtre royal du Parc, nl, Koninklijk Parktheater) is a theatre in Brussels, Belgium. It is located at 3, Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat, on the edge of Brussels Park, facing the Belgian House of Parliament (Palace ...

(1782) *Supervision of the building of the

after the plans of

(1782–84) *

Church of Saint Jacques-sur-Coudenberg nl, Sint-Jacob-op-Koudenbergkerk , native_name_lang = , image = Saint-Jacques-sur-Coudenberg during civil twilight (DSCF7448).jpg , imagesize = 250px , imagelink = , imagealt = , ...

*The Orangery of the Chateau de Seneffe (1782) *Designs for an extension of

Église Saint-Joseph de Waterloo The Church of Saint Joseph of Waterloo ( French - ''Église Saint-Joseph de Waterloo'') is an 18th-century Belgian church in Waterloo dedicated to Saint Joseph. History Origins A forest chapel dedicated to saint Anne was burned down shortly ...

(1789)

Vienna

*Renovation and extension of the

(1801–04) *Redoute Baden, (1801, demolished in 1908) *Hall of Ceremonies at the

Hofburg Imperial Palace The Hofburg is the former principal imperial palace of the Habsburg dynasty. Located in the centre of Vienna, it was built in the 13th century and expanded several times afterwards. It also served as the imperial winter residence, as Schönbrunn ...

(1801–02) *Rebuilding of the Hofburg Chapel (1802) *Extension of the Churhaus (1806) *Transformation of the

Malteserkirche The Maltese Church (german: Malteserkirche) (full name - Church of Saint John the Baptist) is a Roman Catholic Gothic church of the Knights Hospitaller in Vienna, on Kärntner Straße in the 1. Wiener Gemeindebezirk Innere Stadt. The first churc ...

(1806–1808) *

, 1806–1807

External links

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Louis Montoyer
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on the Bezirksmuseum Landstraße site {{DEFAULTSORT:Montoyer Architects of the Austrian Netherlands 1749 births 1811 deaths