The Lescot Wing (Aile Lescot in French, also Aile Henri II) is the oldest preserved structure above ground of the Louvre Palace in Paris, France. It was designed by architect Pierre Lescot and built between 1546 and 1551. Its architecture is influenced by Italian Mannerism.[1] It had seminal influence on what became the Parisian Renaissance style, and beyond it, French architectural classicism.
King Francis I appointed architect Pierre Lescot (1510–1578) to lead all building projects at the Louvre Palace. Lescot's role was reconfirmed following Francis's death by his son and successor Henry II; Lescot kept working on the Louvre project until his death, completing the Lescot Wing in 1551, the Pavillon du Roi, and the western section of the southern wing of the Cour Carrée.
^John Summerson (1963). The Classical Language of Architecture. London and New York City: Thames & Hudson. p. 76.
08″E / 48.8602639°N 2.3375222°E / 48.8602639; 2.3375222 The LescotWing (Aile Lescot in French, also Aile Henri II) is the oldest preserved structure...
the Lescotwing of the Louvre in Paris. He played an important role in introducing elements of classical architecture into French architecture. Lescot was...
The Louvre's oldest section still standing above ground, its palatial LescotWing, dates from the late 1540s, when Francis I started the replacement of...
facade of the LescotWing Caryatides supporting the musical tribune by Jean Goujon Coffered ceiling of Henri II stairway of LescotWing The hôtel d'Assézat...
began the construction of the Cour Carrée on the base of the existing Lescotwing. The surface was four times the size of the original medieval court....
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century include the Tuileries Palace, the Fontaine des Innocents, the Lescotwing of the Louvre; the church of Saint-Eustache (1532); and the Hôtel Carnavalet...
Florence, Italy Renaissance relief of Ceres, on the east facade of the LescotWing in the Cour Carrée, Louvre Palace, by Jean Goujon, 1553 Renaissance cornucopia...
New York Renaissance Composite capitals of the LescotWing of the Louvre Palace, Paris, by Pierre Lescot, 1546-1551 Renaissance Composite columns of the...
March 16, 2014, the work was on display in the main rotunda of the west wing of the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C. This temporary tenure marked...
displayed on the ground floor of the Louvre, in Room 227 of the Richelieu wing. At the top is an image of Hammurabi with Shamash, the Babylonian sun god...
old Louvre castle in Paris was also rebuilt under the direction of Pierre Lescot and would become the core of a brand new Renaissance château. To the west...
tower-like structure built in the mid-16th century at the southern end of the LescotWing of the Louvre Palace. On its main floor (piano nobile) was the primary...
to build a new wing with a Renaissance façade in place of one wing built by King Philip II. The new wing was designed by Pierre Lescot, and it became...
canonical works of Western art, including the Mona Lisa, Venus de Milo, and Winged Victory. The museum is housed in the Louvre Palace, originally built in...
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