Jacques Gondouin
Illustration — École de Chirurgie, façade on the street. Gondouin de Folleville, or simply Gondouin (7 June 1737 – 29 December 1818) was a French architect and designer. He was born in Saint-Ouen, Seine-Saint-Denis, the son of a gardener at the château de Choisy.
Also recorded as Jacques Gondoin · Jacques Gondouin de Folleville · Jacques Goudouin
Jacques Gondouin
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- Born
- 1737 · Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine.
- Died
- 1818 · Paris.
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- architect
- Education
- Beaux-Arts de Paris
- Honours
- Prix de Rome
- Languages
- French
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Illustration — École de Chirurgie, façade on the street. Gondouin de Folleville, or simply Gondouin (7 June 1737 – 29 December 1818) was a French architect and designer. He was born in Saint-Ouen, Seine-Saint-Denis, the son of a gardener at the château de Choisy.
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He died in Paris, aged 81. • Illustration — École de Chirurgie, lecture hall.
• High altar, cathédrale de Noyon (1777–1779)
Paris
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• École de Chirurgie, today the Faculté de Médecine, rue de l’École de Médecine, (1771–1786). • Interior decor at the Hôtel du Garde-Meuble (also known as Hôtel de la Marine), Place de la Concorde, 1775. • Colonne Vendôme to the glory of the Grande Armée, Place Vendôme, 1806–1810.
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• Description des Écoles de Chirurgie, Paris, Pierres, Cellot et Jombert, 1780, gr. in-folio de 18 pp.ch., 1 f.n.ch., 1 front. par Gibelin et 30 pl. la plupart dépl. par C.R.G. Poulleau. Tiré à 100 ex. sur papier fort à l'occasion de l'inauguration de l'École de Chirurgie.
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Jacques Gondouin is recorded as having received Prix de Rome. Identity and origins. His recorded language was French.
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1737
Jacques Gondouin born at Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine.
1800
Colonne Vendôme is dated 1800.
1818
Jacques Gondouin died at Paris.
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