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Face principale du Louvre
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Claude Perrault  (1613–1688)  wikidata:Q347699 s:it:Autore:Claude Perrault
 
Claude Perrault
Alternative names
Claude Perreau; Perrault
Description French architect, physician and teacher
Date of birth/death 25 September 1613 Edit this at Wikidata 9 October 1688 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Paris Paris
Work period 1633 Edit this at Wikidata–1688 Edit this at Wikidata
Work location
France
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artist QS:P170,Q347699
Engraver :  
Jean Marot  (1619–1679)  wikidata:Q3173416
 
Jean Marot
Alternative names
Jean Marot the Elder
Description French graphic artist, engraver and architect
Date of birth/death 1619 Edit this at Wikidata 15 December 1679 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Paris Paris
Work period Baroque
era QS:P2348,Q37853
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Paris Edit this at Wikidata
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artist QS:P170,Q3173416
Engraver :  
Sébastien Leclerc  (1637–1714)  wikidata:Q1805696 s:it:Autore:Sébastien Leclerc q:it:Sébastien Leclerc
 
Sébastien Leclerc
Alternative names
Sébastien Le Clerc the Elder
Description French printmaker, drawer and engineer
son of Laurent Le Clerc, father of Sébastien Le Clerc (II)
Date of birth/death 26 September 1637 (baptised) 25 October 1714 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Metz Paris
Work period Baroque
era QS:P2348,Q37853
Work location
Paris Edit this at Wikidata
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artist QS:P170,Q1805696
Title
Face principale du Louvre
Description
English: East façade of the Louvre, 1674 proposal of Claude Perrault
Date 1674 (architect) / 1676 (engraver)
Medium engraving
Dimensions height: 39.3 cm (15.4 in); width: 72 cm (28.3 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,39.3U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,72U174728
(impression)
Bibliothèque municipale de Valenciennes
Accession number
2009-0-254
Inscriptions
Français : Sous le titre : "proposé par M. Claude Perrault, de l'Académie Royale des Sciences, en l'année 1674" Au verso un petit cachet ovale à l'encre brune pâle : "Bibliothèque Nationale", un cachet ovale rouge orangé : "Double / Echangé" avec une mention manuscrite de date à l'encre noire : "... 2 mai 1877" ; Sous le plan, en bas, à droite : "J. Marotte sculp. 1676"
Notes
  • Français : D'après l'inventaire du fonds français "les figures des statues et bas reliefs sont de Leclerc", le cuivre se trouve à la chalcographie de Louvre
  • Engraving reproduced by:
    • Berger 1993, pp. 53–56, figure 88
    • Petzet 2000, p. 272
    • Gady 2015, p. 115
References
  • Berger, Robert W. (1993). The Palace of the Sun: The Louvre of Louis XIV. University Park: The Pennsylvania State University Press. ISBN 9780271008479.
  • Petzet, Michael (2000). Claude Perrault und die Architektur des Sonnenkönigs. Der Louvre König Ludwigs XIV. und das Werk Claude Perraults. Munich/Berlin: Deutscher Kunstverlag. ISBN 3422062645.
  • Gady, Alexandre (2015). Le Louvre et Les Tuileries : La fabrique d'un chef d'oeuvre. Paris: Le Passage – Louvre éditions. ISBN 9782847422467.
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