Louis Métezeau
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Métezeau was born in Dreux, Eure-et-Loir, and died in Paris. He was the son of Thibault Métezeau, the brother of Clément II Métezeau and the nephew of Jean Métezeau. The register of the city of Dreux
Court facade of the Hôtel d'Angoulême
The eastern section of the Louvre's Grande Galerie, from an engraving by Jean Marot (c. 1670)
Petite Galerie of the Louvre
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The Petite Galerie is a wing of the Louvre Palace, which connects the buildings surrounding the Cour Carrée with the Grande Galerie bordering the River Seine. Begun in 1566, its current structures dat
The Petite Galerie viewed from the east, photographed in 2016
Plans of the southwest corner of the Renaissance Louvre, west at the top (1576 engraving by Jacques Androuet du Cerceau). The plan on the right shows the ground floor with the single-storey Petite Galerie at the top. The plan on the left shows the floor above the ground floor of the main part of the Louvre.
South façade of the Petite Galerie (the bay at the right end) after the addition of the second storey but before the alterations made by Louis Le Vau after the 1661 fire (engraving by Jean Marot)
View of the Louvre before 1661, by Gabriel Perelle