Jean de Bodt

Jean de Bodt
Jean de Bodt
Born	1670 Paris, France
Died	(1745-01-03)3 January 1745 Dresden, Saxony
Other names	Johann von Bodt
Occupation	architect

Jean de Bodt (1670 – 3 January 1745) was a Baroque architect of the 18th century.

Biography

Bodt was born in Paris to French Huguenot parents. He studied architecture, but was forced to flee from France after the Edict of Fontainebleau in the entourage of William III of Orange, the later William III of England to the Netherlands and further to London in 1688. He was promoted to a Captain of the British Artillery and Engineer Corps.

Berlin Zeughaus

In 1699 he moved to Berlin to accomplish the construction of the Zeughaus (arsenal), which was now largely influenced by the French and British style of the late 17th century. Bodt also worked at the Palaces of Potsdam and Schlodien, the Fortress of Wesel and completed the construction plans of the tower of the Berlin Parochialchurch in 1715. According to his drafts, Friedrichstein Palace in East Prussia was built for Count Dönhoff under the supervision of John von Collas.

Between 1709 and 1714 In 1728 switched into Saxonian service, where he became general intendant of civil and military buildings as successor of Count Wackerbarth and he received the title of General of the Infantry in 1741, but worked exclusively as an architect. Together with Pöppelmann and Longuelune he converted a small country house into the Japanese Palace at Dresden. He founded the Dresden Engineer Academy in 1742. Bodt died in Dresden.

Buildings by Jean de Bodt

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  Zeughaus, Berlin
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  Friedrichstein Palace (East Prussia)
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  Schlodien Palace (East Prussia)
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  Berlin Gate at Wesel
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  Japanisches Palais (Japanese Palace), Dresden

See also

• John von Collas

Literature

• Hans-Joachim Kuke: Jean de Bodt 1670–1745. Architekt und Ingenieur im Zeitalter des Barock. Verlag Werner, Worms 2002, ISBN 3-88462-179-3 Template:De icon
• Klaus-Ludwig Thiel: Staatsbauentwürfe Jean de Bodts für Friedrich I. in Theorie und Praxis. Kleikamp, Köln 1987 Template:De icon