Claude Olry de Loriande

Olry de Loriande published a play with the title Le Heros très-chrestien (Paris, 1669). Henry Carrington Lancaster, historian of 17th-century French plays, writes: "The plot is romantic except towards the end, when the religious element becomes important. It seems related to the legend of Saint George and the Dragon. The structure is amateurish." Olry de Loriande also published a long poem in praise of the Louvre Colonnade with the title Le superbe dessein du Louvre (Paris, 1670). The poem was dedicated to Jean-Baptiste Colbert, who oversaw the design process as Surintendant des Bâtiments du Roi, and credits François Le Vau as a designer of the Colonnade.

Olry de Loriande engraved many of François Le Vau's architectural designs, including for the Château de Lignières (1654–1660), the Château de Bercy (begun 1658), the Château de Montpipeau, the Palais des Tuileries (1664), and a project for the Louvre Colonnade (1664 or 1667/68?). List of engravings by Claude Olry de Loriande • Building — Image — Description — Ref • Château de Lignières — — Plan of the ground floor • Château de Lignières — — Courtyard façade • Château de Lignières — — Gallery façade on the courtyard • Château de Lignières — — Garden façade • Château de Lignières — Image missing — Design of the facade on one of the sides of the main building of the château overlooking the gardens • Château de Bercy — — Plan of the ground floor • Château de Bercy — — Plan of the main floor • Château de Bercy — — Bird's eye view of the entrance front • Château de Bercy — — Bird's eye view of the garden front • Château de Bercy — — Elevation of the courtyard façade between the end pavilions • Château de Bercy — — Elevation of the garden façade between the end pavilions • Château de Bercy — — Elevation of one of the end pavilions facing the garden • Château de Montpipeau — — Bird's-eye view of the entrance front (project?) • Château de Montpipeau — Image missing — Design of the façade with the two pavilions and main building adjacent to the garden • Château de Montpipeau — Image missing — Profile of the main building at the level of the staircase, showing the faces of one of the sides facing the courtyard • Château de Montpipeau — Image missing — Design of the main facade with the central pavilion facing the courtyard between the two semicircular wings. • Château de Montpipeau — Image missing — Design of the main facade with the central pavilion facing the garden between the two side pavilions • Palais des Tuileries — Images missing — Four engravings depicting changes made by Louis Le Vau in 1664 • East wing of the Louvre — — Elevation of the east façade of the central pavilion (project) • East wing of the Louvre — — Elevation of the east façade of one of the end pavilions (project) • East wing of the Louvre — — Section north of the central pavilion, viewed looking south (project) • East wing of the Louvre — — Plan of the central pavilion and a portion of each adjoining wing at the level of the ground floor except for the east wall, which depicts the columns at the level of the main-floor peristyle (project)

Claude Olry de Loriande is recorded as engraver, playwright and poet.