File:L'Architecture française (Marot) BnF RES-V-371 171v-f370 Louvre, Élévation du principal corps de logis du côté de la cour.jpg

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Coupe à travers la cour Carrée   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Artist

Architect :  

Pierre Lescot  (1515–1578)  wikidata:Q381724
 
Pierre Lescot
Alternative names
Pierre II Lescot; Pierre I Lescot
Description French architect, sculptor, painter and restorer
Date of birth/death 1515 Edit this at Wikidata 10 September 1578 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Paris Paris
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q381724
Architect :  
Jacques Lemercier  (1585–1654)  wikidata:Q708858
 
Jacques Lemercier
Alternative names
Jacques Le Mercier
Description French architect, graphic artist, urban planner and sculptor
Date of birth/death circa 1585
date QS:P,+1585-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
 13 January 1654 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Pontoise Paris
Work location
France
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q708858
Engraver :  
Jean Marot  (1619–1679)  wikidata:Q3173416
 
Jean Marot
Alternative names
Jean Marot the Elder
Description French graphic artist, engraver and architect
Date of birth/death 1619 Edit this at Wikidata 15 December 1679 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Paris Paris
Work period Baroque
era QS:P2348,Q37853
Work location
Paris Edit this at Wikidata
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q3173416
Title
Coupe à travers la cour Carrée
Description
English: West facade of the Cour Carrée of the Louvre with transverse sections of the north wing (on the right) and the central pavilion of the south wing (on the left), the latter with a design not reflecting what was built.

The print is composed of five impressions from 4 engraved copper plates, one used twice. The engraved titles are, from left to right:

  1. Le profil qui montre le dedans du grand Vestibule du Louvre [Profile of the grand Vestibule of the Louvre]
  2. Eslevation de la moitie du principal corps de logis du Louvre, du costé de la cour, basti sous Henry II, et conduit par l'Abbé de Clagny [Elevation of the part of the principal corps de logis of the Louvre, court facade, built under Henry II, and the guidance of the Abbot of Clagny (Pierre Lescot)]
  3. (above): Elevation du grand Vestibule faict de l'ordonnance de Mr. Mercier [Elevation of the grand Vestibule of the Louvre done to the design of Mr. Mercier]; (below): Eslevation du gra[n]d Vestibule du Louvre basti sous Louis XIII, et conduit par Jacques Mercier [Elevation of the grand Vestibule of the Louvre built under Louis XIII, and conducted by Jacques Mercier]
  4. same as 2
  5. Gros Pavillon du Roy [King's Large Pavilion]


The central pavilion in the figure, the Grand Vestibule, is now known as the Pavillon de l'Horloge. To its left is the Lescot wing, and to its right, the Lemercier wing. The pavilion at the far left (shown in transverse section) corresponds in position to the Pavillon des Arts, and the pavilion at the far right (the top part shown in elevation), to the Pavillon de Beauvais.

There is a conspicuous error in the elevation in this copy of the print, with four rather than three bays between the left avant-corps and central avant-corps of the Lescot wing. This is the area where the first and second separate prints were joined together (see note below).
Date after 1659
date QS:P571,+1659-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1659-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium etching print / engraving
Dimensions height: 45 cm (17.7 in); width: 127 cm (50 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,45U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,127U174728
institution QS:P195,Q193563
Accession number
département Réserve des livres rares, RES-V-371, folio 171v
Notes
  • According to Deutsch (pp. 214–215, 266–293, 354–356), the design depicted in the left transverse section (of the central pavilion in the south wing) is actually based on a lost drawing (or drawings) by Jacques Lemercier for the Pavillon de l'Horloge, and she suggests that the first copper plate was not originally intended for use in the assembled print. The first plate also includes (to the right of the transverse section of the pavilion) the elevation of the left avant corps and one and a half additional bays of the principal wing. Only the left half of the first extra bay is needed in the assembled print, which was supposed to be created by attaching a separately printed piece of paper with the two extra half-bays removed. However, in several examples, such as this copy of the Grand Marot, the extra half-bays have been included by mistake (giving four bays between the first two avant corps of the principal wing, rather than the three seen in the actual building). The print is also found in Jacques-François Blondel's Architecture françoise of 1756, where it also includes four bays. An example of the Grand Marot where the prints are joined correctly can be seen in the facsimile reprint of Inha, Fol. Est. 443:
  • Blondel, 1756 (4 bays on the left)
    Blondel, 1756 (4 bays on the left)
  • Inha, Fol. Est. 443 (3 bays on the left)
    Inha, Fol. Est. 443 (3 bays on the left)
References
  • Deutsch, Kristina (2015). Jean Marot : Un graveur d'architecture à l'époque de Louis XIV. Berlin: De Gruyter. ISBN 9783110375954.
Source/Photographer
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