from the books of Pierre-Jean Mariette (1727 and 1738) and Jacques-François Blondel (1752). The drawings of the exterior and the interior are well-preserved...
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was active essentially in Germany. Leveilly was probably a pupil of François Blondel or of Robert de Cotte. In 1717, at the behest of Elector Joseph Clemens...
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Académie Royale d'Architecture after only one year studying under Jacques-François Blondel. Elector Karl Theodor summoned him to his court in Mannheim and in...
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several amenities, which make the residence pleasant." Although Jacques-François Blondel was not overly enthusiastic, he nevertheless found words of praise...
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Versailles, Versailles, France, 1696–1710 Porte Saint-Denis, Paris, by François Blondel, 1672 Dôme des Invalides, Paris, by Jules Hardouin-Mansart, 1677–1706...
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