Jean-Baptiste Androuet du Cerceau
Jean Baptiste Androuet du Cerceau (1544/47–1590) was a French architect who designed the Pont Neuf (1579), spanning the Seine, Paris, and became supervisor of the royal works under Henri III and Henri IV, including the Louvre. Several hôtels particuliers are ascribed to him. The Hôtel d'Angoulême, the Hôtel de Lamoignon (1584), which houses the Historical Library of the City of Paris, and the Hôtel de Mayenne (rue St-Antoine in the Marais).
Also recorded as Baptiste Androuet du Cerceau · Jean Baptiste Androuet Du Cerceau · Baptiste Androuet Ducerceau
Jean-Baptiste Androuet du Cerceau
Vitold Muratov · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Born
- 1547 · Paris.
- Died
- 1602 · Paris.
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- architect
- Known for
- Pont Neuf
- Languages
- French
VALÉORINE Encyclopedia
VALÉORINE documentary reading
Documentary summary
Jean Baptiste Androuet du Cerceau (1544/47–1590) was a French architect who designed the Pont Neuf (1579), spanning the Seine, Paris, and became supervisor of the royal works under Henri III and Henri IV, including the Louvre. Several hôtels particuliers are ascribed to him. The Hôtel d'Angoulême, the Hôtel de Lamoignon (1584), which houses the Historical Library of the City of Paris, and the Hôtel de Mayenne (rue St-Antoine in the Marais).
Admitted source layer · organised and presented by VALÉORINE
Reference Check
Propose documentary evidence for Jean-Baptiste Androuet du Cerceau. A contribution is never written directly as fact: identity, source, rights and evidence gates still decide.
Sign in to contribute
World of VALÉORINE
Documentary connections
Only confirmed graph relationships appear here. Images are shown only when their identity and reuse rights both pass the documentary gate.
Documentary evidence
Documentary basis
Authority files
wikidata · Q1292942 · wikipedia · Jean Baptiste Androuet du Cerceau
In this article
Identity and origins
Identity and origins
The Hôtel de Mayenne, with rhythmically varied dormer windows set in a high slate roof, has the pediments of its piano nobile windows superposed on the frieze above. According to Benezit, Reynaud presumed that Paul Androuet du Cerceau, a French goldsmith and engraver, was Jean Baptiste's son, but Paul is now thought to be the grandson of Jacques II Androuet du Cerceau.
The authorities additionally record the headings Baptiste Androuet du Cerceau, Jean Baptiste Androuet Du Cerceau and Baptiste Androuet Ducerceau. His recorded language was French. He was the child of Jacques I Androuet du Cerceau. One child is recorded: Jean Androuet du Cerceau.
Viagem de noivado pela Europa com Marco Gomes
Talita Ribeiro · A Nosso Pont Neuf
Bridge in Paris.
Mehrshiddoroudian
Life and career
Dated record
Life and career
The full dated record · 2 entries
1547
Jean-Baptiste Androuet du Cerceau born at Paris.
1602
Jean-Baptiste Androuet du Cerceau died at Paris.
Notes from the source article
Cited by Wikipedia
Notes from the source article
These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.Structurae [en]: Images: ID 10288 ]
- 2."Ducerceau, Paul Androuet" in Benezit 2006, vol. 4, p. 1241.
- 3.Miller 1998, p. 350.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 3
- Baldus, Eduoard. Oeuvre de Jacques Androuet dit du Cerceau. Meubles. Paris; Edouard Baldus: c. 1880
- Benezit Dictionary of Artists (2006). Paris: Gründ. .
- Miller, Naomi (1996). "Du Cerceau. French family of artists.", vol. 9, pp. 350–354, in The Dictionary of Art, edited by Jane Turner, reprinted with minor corrections in 1998. .
References
Citations
References
Each reference names the institution holding it, so a reader may go to the document itself.
reference work
Secondary witnessreference work
Secondary witness
People, houses and institutions
Knowledge graph
People, houses and institutions
Teachers, collaborators, publishers and institutions recorded against this person, each on a stated basis.
Further particulars
Held on the record
Further particulars
Open the remaining particulars
Jean-Baptiste Androuet du Cerceau is connected to 2 other published records in the VALÉORINE Encyclopedia.
Within the Encyclopedia
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 16 August 2026.
Elsewhere in Design
11,558 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
- Jean-Antoine AlavoineDesigner
- Jean-Antoine MorandDesigner
- Jean-Arnaud RaymondDesigner
- Jean-Baptiste Alexandre Le BlondDesigner
- Jean-Baptiste BouchardonDesigner
- Jean-Baptiste ChermanneDesigner
- Jean-Baptiste De DobbeleerDesigner
- Jean-Baptiste de VoglieDesigner
Best supported in this field
For owners
Own a work by Jean-Baptiste Androuet du Cerceau?
A specialist will read what you send and tell you what the house can establish, what it cannot, and whether the object is suited to sale. There is no charge and no obligation. The object stays with you throughout; nothing is shipped to us unless it is arranged in writing beforehand.