Louis Métezeau

[1] Métezeau was born in Dreux, Eure-et-Loir, and died in Paris.

[1] The register of the city of Dreux refers to him as architecte du roi et contrôleur des bâtiments royaux.

[2] An archival discovery of 1984 led some historians to name Louis Métezeau as the architect of the Hôtel d'Angoulême.

[7][8] Métezeau was probably involved in the building of the Palais du Luxembourg for Marie de Medicis: she is believed to have sent him to Florence in 1611 to make drawings of the Palazzo Pitti, which was to be used as a model by the regent's order.

[9] At his death, Métezeau was identified as Premier Architecte du Roi of Henry IV of France.