Ange-Jacques Gabriel

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French architect architect human neoclassical architect

Ange-Jacques Gabriel was an 18th-century French architect renowned as Louis XV’s chief architect and a leading figure of French neoclassicism, responsible for several major Parisian landmarks.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf French architect →
architect →
human →
neoclassical architect →
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of France →
employer French royal court →
Louis XV of France →
ethnicGroup French →
familyName Gabriel →
father Jacques Gabriel (Jacques V Gabriel) →
fieldOfWork architecture →
monumental public architecture →
palace architecture →
urban design →
genre French classical architecture →
neoclassical architecture →
givenName Ange-Jacques →
influenced later French neoclassical architects →
influencedBy Baroque →
surface form: "Baroque architecture"

French classical tradition →
languageOfWorkOrName French →
memberOf Gabriel family of architects →
movement Neoclassicism →
surface form: "French neoclassicism"

Neoclassicism →
nativeLanguage French →
notableFor chief architect to Louis XV →
design of major Parisian landmarks →
leading figure of French neoclassicism →
notableWork Château de Versailles →
surface form: "Extensions and alterations at the Palace of Versailles"

Garde-Meuble de la Couronne (now Hôtel de la Marine, Place de la Concorde) →
Hôtel de Crillon (façade design context at Place de la Concorde) →
Petit Trianon →
Place de la Concorde →
surface form: "Place Louis XV (former name of Place de la Concorde)"

Place Royale in Bordeaux (now Place de la Bourse, design influence/attribution) →
Place de la Concorde →
Royal Opera of Versailles (Opéra Royal) →
École Militaire →
occupation architect →
positionHeld Premier architecte du Roi →
sexOrGender male →
style monumental urban composition →
restrained classicism →
workLocation Bordeaux →
Paris →
Versailles →

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

École Militaire → architect → Ange-Jacques Gabriel →
Petit Trianon → designedBy → Ange-Jacques Gabriel →
Académie royale d’architecture → notableMember → Ange-Jacques Gabriel →