Nationality French Name Jean-Michel Chevotet Died December 4, 1772 Buildings Chateau de Petit-Bourg | Occupation Architect Role Architect Structures Hotel Perrinet de Jars | |
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Jean-Michel Chevotet (11 July 1698, Paris – 4 December 1772) was a French architect. He and Pierre Contant d'Ivry were among the most eminent Parisian architects of the day and designed in both the restrained French Rococo manner, known as the "Louis XV style" and in the "Gout grec" (literally "Greek taste") phase of early Neoclassicism. His grandson was Pierre-Jean-Baptiste Chaussard.
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Life
In 1722, Chevotet won the Academie royale d'architecture's very first Prix de Rome with a study of a triumphal arch. A skilled draughtsman, he illustrated several architectural treatises, such as Jean-Baptiste de Monicart's "Versailles immortalise" (1720–1725) and Jean Mariette's "L’Architecture francaise" (1727). On the death of Germain Boffrand in 1754, he became a member of the first rank of the Academie.
He and d'Ivray were tutors to Claude Nicolas Ledoux, whom they introduced to Classical architecture, in particular the temples of Paestum.
In 1748 and 1753, he unsuccessfully submitted 4 projects for the future Place Louis XV (now Place de la Concorde), and in 1764 was not commissioned for the extension of the Palais Bourbon.
Hotels
He was more successful in establishing his reputation through his aristocratic clientele and adapted many existing Parisian hotels to the modern taste, notably working on:
Country houses and gardens
He also built country houses around Paris, notably:
He may also have worked on the modernisation of the Chateau of Thoiry (Yvelines).