Jacques Lemercier
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Jacques Lemercier was a French architect and engineer, one of the influential trio that included Louis Le Vau and François Mansart who formed the classicizing French Baroque manner, drawing from Frenc
Jacques Lemercier in 1644 by Philippe de Champaigne with the Sorbonne Chapel in the background
Lemercier's Pavillon de l’Horloge at the Louvre
Relief of ship anchors and prows, a surviving remnant of Lemercier's Palais-Cardinal
The chapel at the Sorbonne, 1635: prototype for Mansart's at Les Invalides.
Château de Richelieu
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The Château de Richelieu was an enormous 17th-century château built by the French clergyman, nobleman, and statesman Cardinal Richelieu in Touraine. It was demolished for building materials in 1805 an
Reconstruction of the garden façade
General perspective view of the Château de Richelieu from Le Magnifique Chasteau de Richelieu... (ca. 1657) by Jean Marot
Detail of General perspective view of the Château de Richelieu from Le Magnifique Chasteau de Richelieu... (ca. 1657) by Jean Marot
A 17th century engraving from the Topographia Galliae