Jean Baptiste Androuet du Cerceau

French architect

1544 CE to 1590 CE

Jean Baptiste Androuet du Cerceau (1544/47–1590) is a French architect who designs the Pont Neuf (1579), spanning the Seine, Paris, and becomes supervisor of the royal works under Henri III and Henri IV, such as the Louvre.

Several hôtels particuliers are ascribed to him.

The Hôtel d'Angoulême, the Hôtel de Lamoignon (1584), which houses the Historical Library of the City of Paris, and the Hôtel de Mayenne (rue St-Antoine in the Marais).

The Hôtel de Mayenne, with rhythmically varied dormer windows set in a high slate roof, has the pediments of its piano nobile windows superposed on the frieze above

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