Louis-Martin Berthault

Louis-Martin Berthault is an architect, decorator, landscape designer and French engraver born in Paris towards 1771 and died in Tours in 1823.

Raise Charles Percier, it profited from the protection of Mrs Récamier then of the empress Joséphine of which he became the architect appointed in 1805. It carried out the decorations of the castle of Compiegne and arranged the gardens of them. Its fame quickly became international and does not suffer from the fall of the First Empire.

It was devoted mainly to projects of interiors and gardens. He was also engraver with the Aquatinte.

decoration of the hotel Necker for Mrs Récamier, 1798
construction of the castle of Small Malmaison, 1805
gardens of the Castle of Saint-Leu, 1805
park of Prulay, 1807
installation of the landscaped garden of the Castle of Malmaison, 1808
park of the Castle of Navarre close to Évreux, 1808
Villeneuve-the Pond, 1808
restoration of the Castle of Compiegne, 1808 - 1811
Park of the Castle of Gerbéviller, 1816
gardens Castle of Courson (the Essonne), for Arrighi de Casanova, 1822
installation of the gardens of Pincio with Rome
park of the castle of the Fountains with Chantilly
park of the Castle of Pontchartrain for Claude-Xavier Carvillon of Tillières, purchaser in 1801

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