Jacques Bougier

Jacques Bougier, nicknamed Boyer de Blois[1] was a 17th-century French architect who died in 1632.[2]

Works

Bougier intervened on the decoration of the Henri IV gallery in the gardens of the château de Blois at the beginning of the 17th century.[3] At the end of his life, he drew new plans for the château de Cheverny at the request of its owner Philippe Hurault de Cheverny.[4]

References
  1. André Félibien (1874). "Chiverny". Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire des maisons royalles et bastimens de France. Paris: J. Baur, libraire de la Société. p. 64..
  2. "Jaques Bougier (Boyer de Blois)". Structurae. Retrieved 8 April 2018..
  3. Pierre Lesueur (1926). "Notes sur le château de Blois au XVIIe". Mémoires de la Société des sciences et lettres de Loir-et-Cher. Vol. 26. p. 235.
  4. Magdeleine Blancher-Le Bourhis (1950). Le château de Cheverny. Petites monographies des grands édifices de la France. Paris: Henri Laurens. p. 11.
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