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Louis XIII style. Salomon de Brosse (born 1571, Verneuil-sur-Oise, Fr.—died Dec. 9, 1626, Paris) was the most influential French architect of the early 17th century, whose works facilitated the development of the classical châteaus designed by the generation that followed him. De Brosse was born into a family of Protestant architects.
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Salomon was born in Verneuil-en-Halatte, Oise, into a prominent Huguenot family, the grandson through his mother of the designer Jacques I Androuet du Cerceau and the son of the architect Jean de Brosse. He was established in practice in Paris in 1598 and was promoted to court architect in 1608. De Brosse died, aged 55, in Paris .
- 8 December 1626 (aged 54–55), Paris, France
- c. 1571, Verneuil-sur-Oise, France
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Salomon was the son of the architect Jean de Brosse, and the grandson of Jacques I Androuët du Cerceau on his mother’s side, and therefore the nephew of Jacques II Androuët du Cerceau. He was born in 1571 at Verneuil-en-Halatte in a family of Huguenot architects. He probably began his training within the propitious and eminent family circle.
Search for: 'Salomon de Brosse' in Oxford Reference ». (c. 1571–1626).French architect, an important figure in the transition from Mannerism to Classicism. Born in Verneuil-sur-Oise, he was the son and grandson of architects (his grandfather was J. A. du Cerceau), settling in Paris in the 1590s. His work tended to eschew Mannerist decorative ...
Salomon de Brosse présente ses plans à Marie de Médicis (1615/1799)French Senate En 1615, l'architecte Salomon de Brosse est chargé de concevoir un palais librement inspiré du Palais Pitti de Florence, berceau des Médicis.
Biography of BROSSE, Salomon de (b. 1571, Verneuil-en-Halatte, d. 1626, Paris) in the Web Gallery of Art, a searchable image collection and database of European painting, sculpture and architecture (200-1900)
