About Louis Bretez
Lived 1601 – 1737. Louis Bretez was a French cartographer.
Louis Bretez (died 1737) was a draughtsman, engraver, cartographer and designer of architectural ornament. In 1706 he published La Perspective pratique de l'Architecture. He was a professor of perspective and a member of the Académie de peinture et de sculpture de Saint-Luc.
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Who was Louis Bretez?
French professor of perspective and cartographer
When was Louis Bretez born?
Louis Bretez was born in 1601.
When did Louis Bretez die?
Louis Bretez died in 1737 in Paris.
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Louis Bretez was a cartographer.
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Louis Bretez was French.
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