Salomon de Brosse
Salomon de Brosse (* 1571 in Verneuil-en-Halatte , † December 9, 1626 in Paris ) was a French architect .
Live and act
As the son of the well-known Protestant architect Jean de Brosse (also Jehan de Brosse) and his wife Julienne, a daughter of Jacques I. Androuet du Cerceau , he was probably trained by the last master builders of the famous architect family Androuet du Cerceau . After the Edict of Nantes in 1598, his family moved to Paris, where Salomon de Brosse seems to have enjoyed considerable success from 1610. From 1612 he was commissioned to build several large castles, most of which are only known from the plans that have survived, such as Blérancourt Castle , of which only the corner pavilions and the portal have been preserved, and Coulommiers Castle , which was built in 1736 with the exception of a few remains the east wing and the trenches was destroyed. In 1615 Salomon de Brosse received his first government contracts. From 1614 to 1626 he was court architect under the title Premier architecte du Roi . According to his plans, a Protestant church with 4,000 seats was built in Charenton-le-Pont in front of the city of Paris in 1624 , which was demolished in 1685 with the ban on Protestant services.
One of his most famous students was François Mansart . Today the north wing of the Palais du Luxembourg is one of the few surviving works that are at the same time most representative of his work.
buildings
- Blérancourt Castle (1612–1619, largely destroyed) for Bernard Potier
- Coulommiers Castle (1613, destroyed 1736) for Catherine de Gonzague , Duchess of Longueville
- Palais du Luxembourg, Paris (1615–1625) for the Queen Mother and Regent Maria de 'Medici
- Temple protestant in Charenton-le-Pont (destroyed 1624, 1685)
literature
- Henri Stein: Brosse, Salomon de . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 5 : Brewer-Carlingen . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1911, p. 68-70 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- Antony Blunt: Art et architecture en France 1500-1700. Editions Macula, Paris 1983, ISBN 2-86589-007-4 .
Web links
- Salomon de Brosse. In: arch INFORM .
- Salomon de Brosse. In: Structurae (French)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Eberhard Gresch: The Huguenots. History, Belief and Impact. 4th, revised edition. Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Leipzig 2009, ISBN 978-3-374-02260-1 , pp. 194 to 197
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Brosse, Salomon de |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French architect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1571 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Verneuil-en-Halatte |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 9, 1626 |
| Place of death | Paris |