Jacques Gomboust

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Jacques Gomboust (* 1616 in Paris ; † probably 1663 there ) was a French cartographer . His plans of French cities, published as copperplate engravings , above all a nine-sheet plan of Paris, achieved a previously unknown quality thanks to their precise and correctly positioned representation.

Life

Gomboust was the son of Richard Gomboust. Nothing is known about his youth and education. He gained recognition in fortress construction , he was awarded the title of Ingénieur du Roi ("Royal Engineer"). Gomboust apparently acquired knowledge of surveying and the drawing of maps with the preparation of military maps that were needed for campaigns in the Thirty Years' War .

Gomboust also worked as a draftsman and engraver. His topographical maps and plans were so highly valued for their accuracy and richness of detail that Gomboust was granted the sole royal privilege to draw up city maps of French cities.

Gomboust married twice: in 1648 Claude Piraud and after 1657 Marie Gombert. Gomboust's date of death is not known, presumably he died in 1663, at the latest in the first months of 1664, probably in Paris. His widow continued issuing his cards with her new husband, Zacharie Heince .

In Paris ( 1st arrondissement ) the Rue Gomboust bears his name.

Works

Lutetia-Paris (facsimile from 1908), probably engraved by Abraham Bosse
  • Plan monumental de la Ville de Paris , 9 sheets (1652, facsimile editions 1858, 1908, 1982)
  • Plan de Rouen , 6 sheets (1655, facsimile editions 1861, 1875, 2003)
  • Plan de Caen , 6 sheets (1672, posthumously by Zacharie Heince)
  • L'éclipse du soleil du 12 d'aoust 1654 ou Raisonnemens contre les pronostiques de Pierre Petit (1654)
  • Vue de Dieppe et du port garni de vaisseaux
  • Plan du château du Pont-de-l'Arche

In the Topographia Galliae by Matthäus Merian (Frankfurt 1657) the plans for Caen, Cherbourg , Dieppe, Granville , Le Havre , Honfleur and Pont-de-l'Arche come from Gomboust.

literature

  • Renate Treydel: Jacques Gomboust . In: General Artist Lexicon. The visual artists of all times and peoples. Volume 57. Saur, Munich and Leipzig 2008, ISBN 978-3-598-22797-4 ; Pp. 456-457.
  • Emmanuel Bénézit : Dictionnaire critique et documentaire des peintres, sculpteurs, dessinateurs et graveurs de tous les temps et de tous les pays. Volume 6. Gründ, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-7000-3016-8 ; P. 266 column 2.
  • H. Blémont: Gomboust . In: Dictionnaire de biographie française. Volume 16. Letouzey et Ané, Paris 1985, p. 534.

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personal data
SURNAME Gomboust, Jacques
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gomboust; Gomboust, J.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French cartographer and draftsman
DATE OF BIRTH 1616
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris
DATE OF DEATH 1663 or 1664
Place of death uncertain: Paris