François Mansart
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François Mansart was a French architect credited with introducing classicism into the Baroque architecture of France. The Encyclopædia Britannica identifies him as the most accomplished of 17th-centur
François Mansart, detail of a double portrait of Mansart and Claude Perrault, by Philippe de Champaigne, 1656
A model of one of Mansart's designs for the Chapel of the Bourbons.
The Château de Balleroy, Mansart's earliest surviving work
The Church of the Visitation in the Rue Saint-Antoine, Paris, now the Temple du Marais
Château de Maisons
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The Château de Maisons, designed by François Mansart from 1630 to 1651, is a prime example of French Baroque architecture and a reference point in the history of French architecture. The château is lo
François Mansart
…in Rome as an inspiration. Most of Mansart's buildings have been reconstructed or demolished. The best preserved example of his mature style is the Château de Maisons, which retains its original interior decoration, including a magnificent staircase. The structure is symmetrical, with much attention given to relief…
Château de Maisons, southeast-facing garden front
The cour d'honneur and the entrance front
Main vestibule, viewed toward the stair hall in the right wing
Main vestibule ceiling