Jacques Lemercier

Jacques Lemercier (also: Le Mercier ) (* 1585 in Pontoise, † 1654 in Paris) was a French architect, engineer, urban planner and landscape designer.

He was a member of an extended dynasty of builders and architects, grandson of Pierre I. Lemercier, son of successful master builder and contractor Nicolas Lemercier (* 1541, † 1637 ) and brother of Pierre II Lemercier.

Jacques Lemercier received a careful education in Rome, at least since 1607 and up in 1612. Upon his return he gained the favor of both the queen mother and regent Marie de Medici and the Cardinal of Richelieu and entered 1613 in the service of Louis XIII. , The appointed him in 1639 for the first court architect.

Lemercier built numerous castles, palaces, churches, monasteries and high altars in Paris and in the provinces, and, on behalf of the Cardinal, the city of Richelieu. 1626 he followed Salomon de Brosse as an architect for the construction of the Palais du Luxembourg and 1646 on François Mansart for the completion of the new church of Val -de- Grâce- monastery.

Works (selection)

  • St- Joseph -des- Carmes ( 1613-1620 ), Carmelite Church in Paris
  • Pont Neuf in Toulouse, 1614-1632 (design and construction of the stone arches )
  • Pavillon de l' Horloge ( 1624) for the Louvre in Paris
  • West wing of the Cour Carrée ( 1624) for the Louvre in Paris (extension of Pierre- Lescot wing )
  • Palais Royal ( from 1624) in Paris; by Lemercier's contribution to the city palace remained the only gallery of Proues
  • Oratory of the Louvre ( 1627-1630, with Louis Métezeau ) in Paris
  • Plans for the city and the castle Richelieu ( 1631)
  • Plans for the high altar of the parish church of St- Eustache de Paris ( 1634)
  • Plans for the church of the Franciscan monastery Couvent des Cordeliers (1634, destroyed) in Paris
  • Ste. Ursule, University Chapel (1635 ), the Sorbonne in Paris
  • Church of the Val -de- Grâce- Klosters ( from 1646) in Paris, according to the plans of François Mansart
  • Parish Church of Saint -Roch (1653) in Paris (plans and construction of the nave )
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