Salomon de Brosse
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| - | '''Marie de' Medici''' ([[April 26]], [[1575]] – [[July 3]], [[1642]]), was [[queen consort]] of [[France]]. She was the second wife of King [[Henry IV of France]], of the [[House of Bourbon|Bourbon]] branch of the kings of France. Following his assassination in 1610, she was the [[regent]] for her son King [[Louis XIII of France]]. The construction and furnishing of the [[Palais du Luxembourg]],which she referred to as her ''Palais Médicis'', formed her major artistic project. The site was purchased in 1612 and construction began in 1615, to designs of [[Salomon de Brosse]]. Her court painter was [[Peter Paul Rubens]]. | ||
| + | '''Salomon de Brosse''' (1571, [[Verneuil-en-Halatte]], [[France]]–9 December 1626, [[Paris]]) was the most influential early 17th-century [[France|French]] architect, a major influence on [[François Mansart]]. Salomon was from a prominent [[Huguenot]] family, the grandson through his mother of the designer [[Androuet du Cerceau|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 greatly influenced the sober and classicizing direction that [[French Baroque architecture]] was to take, especially in designing his most prominent commission, the [[Luxembourg Palace]], [[Paris]] (1615-1624), for [[Marie de' Medici]], whose patronage had been extended to his uncle. Salomon de Brosse simplified the crowded compositions of his Androuet du Cerceau heritage and contemporary practice, ranging the U-shaped block round an entrance court, as Carlo Maderno was doing at [[Palazzo Barberini]], Rome, about the same time. The impetus for the plan is often traced to [[Palazzo Pitti]], Florence, where the [[Medici]] queen had spent her youth, but the formal plan of [[Anet]] could also be adduced. He clad the building wholly in stone, avoiding the lively contrast of brick and stone that was the more familiar idiom. Though de Brosse was forced to relinquish his post 24 March 1624, construction of the Luxembourg proceeded according to his plan and elevations; extensions made in the nineteenth century have not obscured his external elements. | ||
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Salomon de Brosse (1571, Verneuil-en-Halatte, France–9 December 1626, Paris) was the most influential early 17th-century French architect, a major influence on François Mansart. Salomon was from 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 greatly influenced the sober and classicizing direction that French Baroque architecture was to take, especially in designing his most prominent commission, the Luxembourg Palace, Paris (1615-1624), for Marie de' Medici, whose patronage had been extended to his uncle. Salomon de Brosse simplified the crowded compositions of his Androuet du Cerceau heritage and contemporary practice, ranging the U-shaped block round an entrance court, as Carlo Maderno was doing at Palazzo Barberini, Rome, about the same time. The impetus for the plan is often traced to Palazzo Pitti, Florence, where the Medici queen had spent her youth, but the formal plan of Anet could also be adduced. He clad the building wholly in stone, avoiding the lively contrast of brick and stone that was the more familiar idiom. Though de Brosse was forced to relinquish his post 24 March 1624, construction of the Luxembourg proceeded according to his plan and elevations; extensions made in the nineteenth century have not obscured his external elements.
