About Jean Métezeau
Lived 1528 – 1600 (aged 71–72). Jean Métezeau was a French architect.
Jean Métezeau ( ? – 27 April 1600 in Dreux) was a 16th-century French architect. He came from a family of master masons and general contractors from Dreux. He was the son of Clément Métezeau and brother of Thibault Métezeau, also architects.
A disciple of Philibert de l'Orme, Métezeau worked at Dreux as a master builder at the , where he reinterpreted gothic architecture in the spirit of what De l'Orme made at the Sainte-Chapelle de Vincennes. After completing the Saint-Vincent tower, he probably built the south arm of the transept and its portal.
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French architect
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Jean Métezeau was born in 1528 in Dreux.
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Jean Métezeau died on 27 April 1600 in Dreux.
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Jean Métezeau was an architect.
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Jean Métezeau was French.
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