Solomon de Brosse

Solomon de Brosse (1571-1626) is a French architect, author in particular Palais of Luxembourg to Paris.

Small son of Jacques Androuet of the Hoop, Solomon de Brosse was born in a family from architects, where it undoubtedly accepted his formation. Protesting, it could come to Paris after the promulgation from the edict from Nantes by Henri IV.

Its style is with the hinge between rebirth and XVIIe century, and it is noticed that it can employ as much a language mannerist (Château of Coulommiers) that traditional and more sober, as with the palate of Luxembourg.

Principal achievements

Palate of the Princes, Sedan, 1614
Castle of Coulommiers (Seine-et-Marne), 1613
Palate of Luxembourg (Paris), 1615 - 1631
Castle of Montceaux (Seine-et-Marne), 1601
Frontage of the Saint-Gervais-Saint-Protais church of Paris, 1618
Castle of Blérancourt (Oise), 1618
Frontage of the Parliament of Brittany (Rennes), 1618
high Room of Grand' Room of the Palate from the City in Paris, now room of Not-Lost Law courts of the ïle of the City, 1622. This room was rebuilt very often because of fires, the last dating from the Commune in 1871. However the architectural style due to Solomon de Brosse and his son Paul de Brosse was respected.
Temple of Charenton-the-Bridge with Jacques II Androuet of the Hoop, 1623 Plan

See too

Another architect of this family also named Solomon de Brosse. Nephew of Jacques Androuet of the Hoop, it lived between 1525/30 and 1569.

External bond

short note on Solomon de Brosse

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