Louis Métezeau

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Louis Métezeau (* 1559 or 1560 in Dreux ; † August 18, 1615 in Paris ) was a French architect from the Renaissance period and worked for the kings Henry IV and Louis XIII.

life and work

Louis Métezeau was born as the eldest son of Thibault Métezeau. He was the older brother of Clement II Métezeau , with whom he later worked on building projects at the Louvre . On August 28, 1598 he married Isabelle de Hanqueil in Saint-Merry , with whom he had the children Elisabeth, Guillaume († 1671) and Charles (1615-1620).

After holding the office of secretary in the court of Catherines de Bourbon , Métezeau held the office of "Premier architecte du Roi" from October 19, 1594 together with Jacques II. Androuet du Cerceau and from 1595 often worked with him and his brother Jean -Baptiste together. Under the French King Henry IV, he was responsible for numerous building projects in the Louvre, such as the completion of the Great Gallery (French: Grande Galerie ) and the decoration of the Antique Hall . In 1608 he was named in the files as “Architecte du Roy et concierge de Pallais des Thuilleries ” and from that year he held the post of Premier architecte du Roi alone.

In 1610, together with the Florentine engineer Alessandro Francini, he was entrusted with the organization and preparations for the official entry of Queen Maria de 'Medici on May 16 of that year into Paris, but this never took place because Mary's husband, Henry IV., was murdered three days earlier.

Métezeau's other works include the plans for the then Hôtel d'Angoulême for Diane de France (now Hôtel Lamoignan ), the designs for the houses around the Place des Vosges , the construction of the Hôtels d'Alméras in 1611 and plans for the church Saint-Louis in Chanat-la-Mouteyre and the completion of the Château neuf in Saint-Germain-en-Laye .

Louis Métezeau died on August 18, 1615 and was buried a day later in the Saint-Paul church.

literature

  • Charles Bauchal: Nouveau dictionnaire biographique et critique des architectes français . A. Daly fils et Cie, Paris 1887, pp. 421-423 ( digitized version ).
  • Adolphe Berty: Les grands architectes français de la Renaissance . Auguste Aubry, Paris 1860, pp. 124-128 ( digitized version ).
  • Adolphe Lance: Dictionnaire des architectes français . Volume 2. Morel, Paris 1872, pp. 133-135 ( digitized version ).
  • Dictionnaire des Architectes . Albin Michel, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-226-10952-8 , p. 427.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Heinrich von Geymüller : The architecture of the Renaissance in France . Issue 2. Kröner, Stuttgart 1898, p. 283 ( online ).
  2. ↑ C. Bauchal: Nouveau dictionnaire biographique et critique des architectes français , p. 421.
  3. ↑ Quoted from A. Lance: Dictionnaire des architectes français , p. 134.
  4. ↑ Marcel and Maryse Pierre: Clochers de Basse-Auvergne . Ed. Créer, Nonette 2006, ISBN 2-8481-9039-6 , p. 42 ( online ).
personal data
SURNAME Métezeau, Louis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French Renaissance architect
DATE OF BIRTH 1559 or 1560
PLACE OF BIRTH Dreux
DATE OF DEATH August 18, 1615
Place of death Paris