Jean Métezeau
Illustration — Family tree of the "Métezeau" Jean Métezeau (? – 27 April 1600 in Dreux) was a 16th-century French architect. He came from a family of master masons and general contractors from Dreux. He was the son of Clément Métezeau and brother of Thibault Métezeau, also architects.
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Jean Métezeau
Adolphe Berty · Les grands architectes de la Renaissance, Adolphe Berty, Paris, 1860, p. 134 · Public domain
- Born
- 1528 · Dreux.
- Died
- 1600 · Dreux.
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- architect
- Teachers
- Philibert de l'Orme
- Languages
- French
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Illustration — Family tree of the "Métezeau" Jean Métezeau (? – 27 April 1600 in Dreux) was a 16th-century French architect. He came from a family of master masons and general contractors from Dreux. He was the son of Clément Métezeau and brother of Thibault Métezeau, also architects.
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Jean Métezeau (1528–1600) was a French architect. The architect was born and died in Dreux. Languages used include French.
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A disciple of Philibert de l'Orme, Métezeau worked at Dreux as a master builder at the Église Saint-Pierre de Dreux, where he reinterpreted gothic architecture in the spirit of what De l'Orme made at the Sainte-Chapelle de Vincennes. After completing the Saint-Vincent tower, he probably built the south arm of the transept and its portal.
The authorities additionally record the heading Jean Metezeau. His recorded language was French. He was the child of Clément Métezeau.
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1528
Jean Métezeau born at Dreux.
1600
Jean Métezeau died at Dreux.
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