Pierre Lescot

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French architect Renaissance architect architect human

Pierre Lescot was a 16th-century French Renaissance architect best known for designing major portions of the Louvre Palace in Paris.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Jean Goujon	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	French architect ⓘ Renaissance architect ⓘ architect ⓘ human ⓘ
architecturalElementDesigned	Louvre Palace ⓘ surface form: Louvre courtyard façades Louvre Palace ⓘ surface form: Louvre pavilions
centuryOfActivity	16th century ⓘ
collaboratedWith	Jean Goujon ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	France ⓘ
employer	Francis I of France ⓘ Henry II of France ⓘ
fieldOfWork	palace architecture ⓘ royal residences ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
genre	Renaissance architecture ⓘ
influencedBy	Renaissance architecture ⓘ surface form: Italian Renaissance architecture
knownFor	designing major portions of the Louvre Palace ⓘ introducing Italian Renaissance forms into French royal architecture ⓘ
movement	French Renaissance ⓘ
nativeLanguage	French ⓘ
notableProject	rebuilding of the medieval Louvre into a Renaissance palace ⓘ
notableWork	Louvre Palace ⓘ surface form: Cour Carrée of the Louvre Louvre Palace ⓘ southern wing of the Cour Carrée ⓘ western wing of the Cour Carrée ⓘ
occupation	architect ⓘ designer ⓘ
partOf	French Renaissance ⓘ
patron	Francis I of France ⓘ Henry II of France ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Paris ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Paris ⓘ
positionHeld	architect to the French king ⓘ royal architect ⓘ
regionOfActivity	Île-de-France region ⓘ surface form: Île-de-France
residence	Paris ⓘ
style	Italianate ornamentation ⓘ classical orders ⓘ
workLocation	Louvre Palace ⓘ Paris ⓘ

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Louvre Museum → notableArchitect → Pierre Lescot ⓘ

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this entity surface form: Jean Goujon

French Renaissance → notableFigure → Pierre Lescot ⓘ