Claude Olry de Loriande

Claude Olry de Loriande was a 17th-century French engraver, poet and playwright. His work as an engraver and poet was closely associated with his contemporary, the French architect François Le Vau. Both Le Vau and Olry de Loriande held the title "Ingénieur du Roy" during the reign of Louis XIV.

Literary works Olry de Loriande published a play with the title Le Heros très-chrestien (Paris, 1669). Henry Carrington Lancaster, historian of 17th-century French plays, writes: "The plot is romantic except towards the end, when the religious element becomes important. It seems related to the legend of Saint George and the Dragon. The structure is amateurish."

Olry de Loriande also published a long poem in praise of the Louvre Colonnade with the title Le superbe dessein du Louvre (Paris, 1670). The poem was dedicated to Jean-Baptiste Colbert, who oversaw the design process as Surintendant des Bâtiments du Roi, and credits François Le Vau as a designer of the Colonnade.

Engravings Olry de Loriande engraved many of François Le Vau's architectural designs, including for the Château de Lignières (1654–1660), the Château de Bercy (begun 1658), the Château de Montpipeau, the Palais des Tuileries (1664), and a project for the Louvre Colonnade (1664 or 1667/68?).

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