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Jean-François Blondel

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Jean-François Blondel (1683 – 9 October 1756) was a French architect.

Biography

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Born in Rouen, Blondel was admitted in the Académie d'architecture in 1728.[1]

He was the master[2] and uncle of Jacques-François. He also had another nephew as a student, Jean-Baptiste Michel Vallin de la Mothe, whom he took in his agency on his return from Rome.

Main realisations

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References

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  1. ^ de Pénanrun, Roux & Delaire 1907, p. 130
  2. ^ According to his friend, architect Franque. Michel Gallet, Universalis.fr. "Jacques-François Blondel". Retrieved 20 April 2010.
  3. ^ "Dossier thématique "La maison Mallet"" (PDF) (in French). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2016. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
  4. ^ Louis Blondel (1937). "Les maisons de campagne aux environs de Genève". Das Werk: Architektur und Kunst = L'Oeuvre: Architecture et Art (in French). Vol. cahier 6. pp. 161–170. doi:10.5169/seals-87177.

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