Daniel Marot

Daniel Marot (* 1661 in Paris, † June 4, 1752 in The Hague) was a French Protestant, an architect and engraver of classical late Baroque in the style of Louis XIV was the son of Jean Marot ( 1620-1679 ), who is also an architect and had been an engraver in his engravings and the buildings of Louis XIV abbildete.

Life

He was born in Paris into a family of Huguenots who left France in 1685, the year of the Edict of Fontainebleau and the revocation of the Edict of Nantes, to settle in the Netherlands. He became a pupil of Jean Le Pautre and has been working independently at a young age as an engraver.

In the Netherlands Marot found employment with the Dutch governor and later English king William III .. He designed the great audience hall of the States General in The Hague and also decorated numerous Dutch country houses.

In 1694 he traveled with William to London, where he was appointed one of its architects. In England, his activities appear to have focused on the Hampton Court Palace. Many of the furniture, especially the mirror and pageantry beds, in the new state rooms bear the marks of his hand. He designed practically every detail of the decoration of the house - carved Kaminsinse, stucco ceilings, wall coverings, chandelier and even end tables, gold and silver utensils and containers for porcelain.

After William's death in 1698, he returned to Holland, where he remained for the rest of his life.

Work

Marot participated in buildings such as the Palace Het Loo in Apeldoorn, Oranienstein Palace or the Palace in The Hague.