Louis Boudan
Louis Boudan (16??–17??) was an artist who worked for François Roger de Gaignières, a French genealogist, antiquary and collector who was active in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. Boudan carried out commissions for de Gaignières for over 30 years. Most of his work for de Gaignières was done between 1695 and 1715 when he, de Gaignières and the latter's secretary, Barthélemy Remy, toured France to carry out a survey of historical monuments.
Louis Boudan
Louis Boudan · Bibliothèque nationale de France · Public domain
- Born
- 1601
- Died
- 1701
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- painter · draftsperson
- Languages
- French
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Louis Boudan (16??–17??) was an artist who worked for François Roger de Gaignières, a French genealogist, antiquary and collector who was active in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. Boudan carried out commissions for de Gaignières for over 30 years. Most of his work for de Gaignières was done between 1695 and 1715 when he, de Gaignières and the latter's secretary, Barthélemy Remy, toured France to carry out a survey of historical monuments.
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Louis Boudan worked as draftsperson and painter and was France. Born in 1601. Louis Boudan died in 1701. The language is French.
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Boudan's work makes up the bulk of the Recueil de Gaignières, a collection of engravings gathered by de Gaignières over the course of his life.
• Illustration — Château de Plessis-lez-Tours (1699) • Illustration — Château de Plessis-lez-Tours • Illustration — Château de Chinon (1699) • Illustration — Château de Tournoël • Illustration — Château d'Acquigny in Pays de Caux near the village of Pavilly (1702) • Illustration — Castle of Dissay • Illustration — Chasteau de Beaupréau • Illustration — Eure-et-Loir • Illustration — Abbey of Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte • Illustration — Château d'Ussé in Indre-et-Loire (1699) • Illustration — Château d'Ussé • Illustration — Schloss Bailleul, Normandie (1696) • Illustration — Ville de Mayenne and the main square with the Fountain (1695)
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Louis Boudan is recorded with the occupation draftsperson. Recorded as painter and draftsperson.
Plan général de l'abbaye St Pierre de Bourgueil, de l'ordre de St Benoist, de la congrégation de St Maur, en Anjou, à 4 lieues de Saumur
Louis Boudan · Bibliothèque nationale de France
Abbaye de l'Étoile à Authon (Loir-et-Cher, France), en 1695
Louis Boudan · Bibliothèque nationale de France
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1601
Louis Boudan was born on 1 January 1601.
1701
Louis Boudan died on 1 January 1701.
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- “Louis Boudan”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- 1.Wheelock, Arthur K. Flemish paintings of the seventeenth century. National Gallery of Art. 95. 2005. 9780894683480.
- 2.Brown, Elizabeth A. R. The Oxford Collection of the Drawings of Roger de Gaignières and the Royal Tombs of Saint-Denis. American Philosophical Society. 52. 1988. 9780871697851.
- 3.Middleton, Robin. Jean Rondelet:the architect as technician. Yale University Press. 23. 2007. 9780300115673.
- 4.Hastings, Maurice. St. Stephen's Chapel and Its Place in the Development of Perpendicular Style in England. Cambridge University Press. 118. 1955. 2915501.
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