Château d'Ancy-le-Franc is a Renaissance-style château of the 16th century located in the town of Ancy-le-Franc in the department of Yonne, in France.
Perspective view of the north pavilion of the Château d'Ancy-le-Franc with the entrance facade to the left
The Château of Ancy-le-Franc.
Ancy-le-Franc and its parterre, modified to a design en broderie in the 1630s: etching by Israel Silvestre, 1640s
Sebastiano Serlio was an Italian Mannerist architect, who was part of the Italian team building the Palace of Fontainebleau. Serlio helped canonize the classical orders of architecture in his influential treatise variously known as I sette libri dell'architettura or Tutte l'opere d'architettura et prospetiva.
Fanciful Portrait of Sebastiano Serlio (Print by Vincenzo Raggio)
Serlio's model of a church façade of 1537 crystallized a format that lasted into the 18th century.
A page from the seventh book
Two pages from the eighth book