Georges-Ernest Coquart

At the age of sixteen, he entered the École des Beaux-Arts, where he studied in the workshop of Louis-Hippolyte Lebas.

In 1858, after five attempts, he won the Prix de Rome with his plans for an "Imperial Hotel", devoted to disabled Navy veterans.

From 1859 to 1863, he studied at the Académie de France à Rome, but his poor health prevented him from sending much material home.

In that capacity, he completed their "Glazed Courtyard", and installed a Renaissance museum in the chapel with its adjoining corridor.

[1] In 1875, he was appointed architect for the Diocese of Laval, and designed a monument commemorating the Battle of Coulmiers, in Loiret.