ANDROUET DU CERCEAU, Jacques the Elder
(b. ca. 1515, ?, d. 1584, Annecy)

Plan of the Château de Chenonceau

1579
Engraving
Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris

This engraving shows a project, probably by Jean Bullant. It is a vast scheme for the extension of the Château de Chenonceau. The engraving is from Androuet du Cerceau's second (1579) volume of Les plus excellents Bastiments de France.




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