Jean-Baptiste Lepère
Jean-Baptiste Lepère (December 1, 1761 – July 16, 1844) was a French architect, father-in-law of the architect Jacques Hittorff. He was the designer of the Palace of Fontainebleau and the church of Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Paris, largely revised by Hittorf during its protracted execution, and one of the architects who worked on raising the colonne Vendôme. Lepère was one of the many members of the Commission des Sciences et des Arts taken by Bonaparte on his Egyptian Expedition.
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Jean-Baptiste Lepère
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres · Élie Brault, Les Architectes par leurs œuvres, t. III, Paris, H. Laurens, 1893. · Public domain
- Name
- Jean-Baptiste Lepère
- Born
- 1 December 1761
- Birthplace
- Paris
- Died
- 16 July 1844
- Occupation
- Architect
- Nationality
- France
- Known for
- Colonne Vendôme · Saint-Vincent-de-Paul church
- Languages
- French
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Jean-Baptiste Lepère (December 1, 1761 – July 16, 1844) was a French architect, father-in-law of the architect Jacques Hittorff. He was the designer of the Palace of Fontainebleau and the church of Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Paris, largely revised by Hittorf during its protracted execution, and one of the architects who worked on raising the colonne Vendôme. Lepère was one of the many members of the Commission des Sciences et des Arts taken by Bonaparte on his Egyptian Expedition.
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While there, Lepère also produced drawings of ancient Egyptian temples and other remains. Other members of this commission were Jacques-Marie Le Père (1763–1841) and his brother Gratien Le Père (1769–1826), engineers and surveyors, who were to see whether Napoleon's planned project of linking the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea across the Nile Delta could be realised and if the difference in sea level between the two was sufficiently small to make such a canal possible.
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• Name — Jean-Baptiste Lepère • Born — 1 December 1761 • Birthplace — Paris • Died — 16 July 1844 • Place of death — Paris • Occupation — Architect
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1761
Jean-Baptiste Lepère born at Paris.
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Colonne Vendôme is dated 1800.
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Jean-Baptiste Lepère died at Paris.
1844
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The authorities additionally record the headings Jean-Baptiste Lepere, Jean Baptiste Lepère, Jean-Bapt Lepère, Jean Baptiste Lepere and Jean-Bapt Lepere. His recorded language was French. One child is recorded: Rose Élisabeth Lepère. Connected to 2 other published records in the VALÉORINE Encyclopedia.
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