Androuet du Cerceau

Androuet du Cerceau was a family of French architects and designers active in the 16th and early 17th century.

Family members include:

• Jacques I Androuet du Cerceau (1510–1584), architect, designer, and engraver
• Baptiste Androuet du Cerceau (1544/47–1590), architect who designed the Pont Neuf, son of Jacques I
• Jacques II Androuet du Cerceau (1550–1614), architect, son of Jacques I
• Charles Androuet du Cerceau (died 1600), architect and engineer, son of Jacques I
• Salomon de Brosse (1571–1626), architect, grandson of Jacques I
• Jean Androuet du Cerceau (ca 1585–1649), architect and engineer, son of Baptiste
• Paul Androuet du Cerceau (1623–1710), goldsmith and engraver, grandson of Jacques II
• Gabriel-Guillaume Androuet du Cerceau (fl 1697–1743), architect, designer, and painter; grandson of Jacques II

See also

• Catherine de' Medici's building projects

References

• Baldus, Eduoard (n. d. [c. 1880]). Oeuvre de Jacques Androuet dit du Cerceau. Meubles. Paris; Edouard Baldus.
• Miller, Naomi (1996). "Du Cerceau. French family of artists.", vol. 9, pp. 350–354, in The Dictionary of Art, edited by Jane Turner, reprinted with minor corrections in 1998. New York: Grove. ISBN 9781884446009.

External links

• George Goodall, "Besson and du Cerceau" 2005: Jacques I Androuet du Cerceau's partnership with designer and mechanician Jacques Besson
• Du Cerceau's Books on line: http://www.cesr.univ-tours.fr/architectura/Traite/Auteur/Androuet_du_Cerceau.asp