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Architects born active died
1613, Mar 12 1635-1691 1700, Sep 15
a French landscape architect and the principal gardener of King Louis XIV of France. Most notably, he was the landscape architect who designed the park of the Palace of Versailles, and his work represents the height of the French formal garden style.
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Andre Le Notre 1613, Mar 12 1635
1691 1700, Sep 15
Pietro Paolo Floriani 1585, Apr 26 1608 1638 1638, May 27 an Italian engineer and architect who designed many military and theatrical buildings. He had an ... Inigo Jones 1573, Jul 15 1603 1646 1652, Jun 21 the first significant English architect of the early modern period, and the first to employ Vitru... Santino Solari 1576 1610 1646 1646, Apr 10 an Italian architect and sculptor, who worked mainly in Austria. He was born at Verna near Como.... Nicholas Stone 1586/87 1610 1647 1647, Aug 24 an English sculptor and architect. In 1619 he was appointed master-mason to James I, and in 1626 ... Ustad Ahmad Lahauri unknown 1632 1648 unknown an architect. He was chief architect of the Taj Mahal in Agra, India. built between 1632 and 1648... Alonzo Cano 1601, Mar 19 1629 1656 1667, Sep 3 a Spanish painter, architect and sculptor. He was made first royal architect, painter to Philip I... Francois Mansart 1598, Jan 13 1620 1659 1666, Sep 23 a French architect credited with introducing classicism into Baroque architecture of France. The ... Pietro da Cortona 1596/97, Nov 1 1620 1660 1669, May 16 was the leading Italian Baroque painter of his time and, along with his contemporaries and rivals... Tommaso Dingli 1591, Dec 22 1608 1666 1666 an architect famous for having designed many parish churches in various localities. His masterpie... Francesco Borromini 1599, Sep 25 1619 1667 1667, Aug 2 an Italian architect who was a leading figure in the emergence of Roman Baroque architecture. A k... Thomas de Keyser 1596 ca 1620 1667 1667 a Dutch painter and architect. He excelled as a portrait painter, and was the most in-demand port... Pieter Jansz Post 1608, May 1 1623 1669 1669, Apr/May He is credited with the creation of the Dutch baroque style of architecture, along with his longt... John Webb 1611 1628 1669 1672, Oct 24 an English architect and scholar. In 1654 Webb designed the first classical portico on an English... Louis Le Vau 1612 1630 1669 1670, Oct 11 a French Classical architect who worked for Louis XIV of France. He was born and died in Paris. H... Maurits Post 1645, Dec 10 1669 1677 1677, Jun 6 a Dutch Golden Age architect. Post was the son of the architect Pieter Post, and was probably his... Gian Lorenzo Bernini 1598, Dec 7 1609 1678 1680, Nov 28 an Italian artist and a prominent architect who worked principally in Rome. He was the leading sc... Baldassarre Longhena 1598 1620 1680 1682, Feb 18 an Italian architect, who worked mainly in Venice, where he was one of the greatest exponents of ... Guarino Guarini 1624, Jan 7 1648 1683 1683, Mar 6 an Italian architect of the Piedmontese Baroque and Theatine priest, mathematician, and writer. H... Francisco Herrera the Younger 1622 1650 1685 1685, Aug 25 a Spanish painter and architect. He excelled in still life. He already painted bodegones, fish so... Pierre Paul Puget 1620, Oct 16 1634 1688 1694, Dec 2 a French painter, sculptor, architect and engineer. He was born in Marseille. At the age of fourt... Carlo Rainaldi 1611, May 4 1630 1689 1691, Feb 8 an Italian architect of the Baroque period, one of the leading architects of 17th century Rome, k... Lorenzo Gafa 1638 1661 1699 1703 a Maltese baroque architect. He worked on the church of St. Paul, Rabat (1664–1683); Sarria chu... Franz Martinelli 1651 ca 1670 1699 1708, Oct 28 an Austrian architect born in Italy. Father of Johann Baptist and Anton Erhard Martinelli. His mo... Jules Hardouin-Mansart 1646, Apr 16 1670 1703 1708, May 11 a French architect whose work is generally considered to be the apex of French Baroque architectu... Nicodemus Tessin the Younger 1654, May 23 1681 1703 1728, Apr 10 a Swedish Baroque architect, city planner, and administrator. Most of Tessin's projects as an arc... Elizabeth Mytton Wilbraham 1632 1671 1704 1705 a member of the English aristocracy, who traditionally has been identified as an important archit... Andrea Pozzo 1642, Nov 30 1659 1709 1709, Aug 31 an Italian Jesuit Brother, Baroque painter and architect, decorator, stage designer, and art theo... James Smith [1] 1645 ca 1677 1710 1731 a Scottish architect, who pioneered the Palladian style in Scotland. He was described by Colen Ca... Christopher Wren 1632, Oct 20 1653 1718 1723, Feb 25 one of the most highly acclaimed English architects in history. He was accorded responsibility fo... Domenico Martinelli 1650, Nov 30 1670 1719 1718, Sep 11 an Italian architect who was an evident figure in the shaping of Baroque style in the North Alps.... Christoph Dientzenhofer 1655, Jul 7 1670 1722 1722, Jun 20 a prominent Bavarian architect of South-German, Austrian and Bohemian Baroque. Among his works ar... Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach 1656, Jul 20 1671 1723 1723, Apr 5 an Austrian architect, sculptor, and architectural historian whose Baroque architecture profoundl... Jakob Prandtauer 1660, Jul 16 1680 1726 1726, Sep 16 an Austrian Baroque architect. Trained as a stonemason rather than as an architect, he designed a... Nicholas Hawksmoor 1661 ca 1679 1736 1736, Mar 25 an English architect. He was a leading figure of the English Baroque style of architecture in the...
