Château de Menars
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The Castle of Menars is a castle associated with Madame de Pompadour situated on the bank of the river Loire in Menars, Loir-et-Cher, France.
Mme de Pompadour by François Boucher.
Marquis de Marigny by Alexandre Roslin
Chateau de Menars loire
Ange-Jacques Gabriel
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Ange-Jacques Gabriel was the principal architect of King Louis XV. His major works included the Place de la Concorde, the École Militaire, and the Petit Trianon and opera theater at the Palace of Vers
Château de Menars
…who paid almost 1,000,000 livres in installments and "sold some pearl bracelets to meet the first payment". The king's mistress charged the architect Ange-Jacques Gabriel with constructing two new wings on both sides of the two pavilions, which replace those built in the seventeenth century. To break the uniformity of…
Ange Jacques Gabriel by Jean-Baptiste Greuze
The Place Louis XV in about 1775
The Place de la Concorde
Gabriel's plan for the École Militaire