Jean Le Pautre

Jean Le Pautre was an apprentice to a carpenter and builder.

In addition to learning mechanical and constructive work, he developed considerable skill with the pencil.

His designs, innumerable in quantity and exuberant in content, consisted mainly of ceilings, friezes, chimney-pieces, doorways and mural decorations.

He also devised fire-dogs, sideboards, cabinets, console tables, mirrors and other pieces of furniture.

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Portrait of Jean Le Pautre included in Livre de portraiture, inventé et gravé . From the Rosenwald Collection, Library of Congress.
Jean Le Pautre , Sight of the Basin of Latone in the Gardens of Versailles , 1678