Salomon de Brosse

Salomon de Brosse (* 1571 in Verneuil -en- Halatte, † December 9, 1626 in Paris) was a French architect.

As the son of the famous architect Jean de Brosse Protestant (also Jehan de Brosse ) and his wife Julienne, a subsidiary Jacques I. Androuët you Cerceaus, he was probably trained by the last builders of the famous family of architects Androuët you Cerceau. After the Edict of Nantes in 1598, his family moved to Paris, where Salomon de Brosse seems to have gained considerable momentum from 1610. From 1612 he was commissioned to build several large castles, most of which are known only by the resulting plans, such as the Castle Blérancourt, of which only the corner pavilions and the portal remained, and the Coulommiers Castle, 1736 to a few fragments of the east wing and the trenches were destroyed. Salomon de Brosse in 1615 won its first government contracts. One of his most famous pupil was François Mansart.

Today, the north wing of the Palais du Luxembourg are among the few preserved and at the same time representative for his creative works.

Buildings

• Castle Blérancourt (1612-1619, largely destroyed ) for Bernard Potier
• Coulommiers Castle ( 1613, 1736 destroyed) for Catherine de Gonzague, duchesse de Longueville,
• Palais du Luxembourg, Paris (1615-1625) for the queen mother and regent Marie de 'Medici