Claude Chastillon
Festivities for the inauguration of " Place Royalle " in April 1612 (engraving by Claude Chastillon)
Claude Chastillon (* 1559 or 1560 in Châlons-en-Champagne , France , † April 27, 1616 in Paris ) was an important French architect , topographer and engraver .
Chastillon became a topographer in the service of the French King Henry IV in 1592. His most important projects as an architect were the Hôpital Saint-Louis , which was built between 1607 and 1611, and the Parisian Place des Vosges , whose construction began in 1603 and ended in 1612.
literature
- Claude Chastillon: Topography françoise. Ou Representations de plusieurs villes, bourgs, chasteaux, maisons de plaisance, ruines & vestiges d'antiquitez du Royaume de France . J. Boisseau, Paris 1641.
- Jean-Pierre Ravaux: Claude Chastillon (verse 1560–1616) et see also topography française . Société des Amis des musées de Châlons-en-Champagne, Châlons-en-Champagne 1998, ISBN 2-906895-05-9 .
Web links
Commons : Claude Chastillon - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files
- Claude Chastillon. In: Structurae (French)
- Short biography and work examples (French)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jane Turner: The Dictionary of Art . Grove, New York 1996, ISBN 1-884446-00-0 , page 503. Other sources also give 1547 as the year of birth.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Chastillon, Claude |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French architect, topographer and engraver |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1559 or 1560 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Châlons-en-Champagne , France |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 27, 1616 |
| Place of death | Paris |