Thibault Métezeau or Thibaut Métezeau (born 21 October 1533 at Dreux – died before 18 December 1586 in Paris)[1] was a French architect. He was the son of Clément Métezeau, master mason and father of architects Louis and Clément II Métezeau. He was the younger brother of Jean Métezeau, also an architect.[1]
Thibault Métezeau | |
|---|---|
 Métezeau family | |
| Born | 21 October 1533  Dreux |
| Died | 1580s Paris |
| Children | Clément II Métezeau |
Biography
editHe spent the first part of his life in Dreux until 1569, when he moved to Paris, where he worked on the Tuileries Palace under Philibert de L'Orme, on the Valois chapel at the Basilica of Saint-Denis (1572–1582), and from 1578 as one of the contractors on the Pont Neuf.[1] He was still in charge of work on the Pont Neuf in 1582.[2]
He was quoted as architect to the Duke of Alençon in 1576, then appointed architect to king Henri III on 25 March 1578.
He has been suggested as possibly the initial designer of the Hôtel de Nevers on the Left Bank (1580),[3] and the design of the Hôtel d'Angoulême (1585) has also been attributed to him.[4]
In 1585, he realized the avant-portail of the Porte Saint-Antoine.[5] The historian of Paris Henri Sauval, writing around 1650 but published in 1724, attributed to him the design of the Salle des Antiques (Antiquities Room) in the Grande Galerie of the Palais du Louvre, although construction is not believed to have begun until 1595 under his son Louis Métezeau.[6][7]
References
edit- ^ a b c Jean-Pierre Babelon (1996), "Métezeau family", vol. 21, pp. 345–346, in The Dictionary of Art, 34 volumes, edited by Jane Turner. New York: Grove. ISBN 9781884446009.
- ^ "Pont Neuf" on Structurae.
- ^ Jean-Pierre Babelon (1991), "Métezeau, Thibaut", p. 271, in Demeures parisiennes sous Henri IV et Louis XIII. Paris: Hazan. ISBN 2850252514.
- ^ Alexandre Gady (2008), ""Hôtel de Lamoignon", p. 180, in Les Hôtels particuliers de Paris du Moyen Âge à la Belle Époque. Paris: Parigramme. ISBN 9782840962137.
- ^ Gravure « Vue de la Bastille et de l'ancienne Porte St-Antoine. »
- ^ Guillaume Fonkenell (2016), "Le Louvre et les Tuileries au temps des premiers Bourbons. Henri IV: un projet nouveau ou un héritage à poursuivre ? (1594–1610). Le problème de l'architecte", vol. 1, p. 234, in Histoire du Louvre, 3 volumes, edited by Geneviève Bresc-Bautier and Guillaume Fonkenell. Paris: Louvre Éditions; Fayard. ISBN 9782213671116.
- ^ Henri Sauval (1724), "La salle des Antiques", vol. 1, pp. 42–44, in Histoire et recherches des antiquités de la ville de Paris. Paris: Charles Moette and Jacques Chardon.
External links
edit- Thibault Métezeau and the Pont Neuf on Structurae
