Thibault Métezeau or Thibaut Métezeau (born 21 October 1533 at Dreux – died before 18 December 1586 in Paris)Jean-Pierre Babelon (1996), "Métezeau family", vol. 21, pp. 345–346, in The Dictionary of Art, 34 volumes, edited by Jane Turner. New York: Grove. . was a French architect. He was the son of Clément Métezeau, master mason and father of architects Louis and Clément II Métezeau. He was the younger brother of Jean Métezeau, also an architect.
Biography He spent the first part of his life in Dreux until 1569, when he moved to Paris, where he worked on the Tuileries Palace under Philibert de L'Orme, on the Valois chapel at the Basilica of Saint-Denis (1572–1582), and from 1578 as one of the contractors on the Pont Neuf. He was still in charge of work on the Pont Neuf in 1582."Pont Neuf" on Structurae.
He was quoted as architect to the Duke of Alençon in 1576, then appointed architect to king Henri III on 25 March 1578.
He has been suggested as possibly the initial designer of the Hôtel de Nevers on the Left Bank (1580),Jean-Pierre Babelon (1991), "Métezeau, Thibaut", p. 271, in Demeures parisiennes sous Henri IV et Louis XIII. Paris: Hazan. . and the design of the Hôtel d'Angoulême (1585) has also been attributed to him. Alexandre Gady (2008), ""Hôtel de Lamoignon", p. 180, in Les Hôtels particuliers de Paris du Moyen Âge à la Belle Époque. Paris: Parigramme. .
In 1585, he realized the avant-portail of the Porte Saint-Antoine.Gravure « Vue de la Bastille et de l'ancienne Porte St-Antoine. » The historian of Paris Henri Sauval, writing around 1650 but published in 1724, attributed to him the design of the Salle des Antiques (Antiquities Room) in the Grande Galerie of the Palais du Louvre, although construction is not believed to have begun until 1595 under his son Louis Métezeau.Guillaume Fonkenell (2016), "Le Louvre et les Tuileries au temps des premiers Bourbons. Henri IV: un projet nouveau ou un héritage à poursuivre ? (1594–1610). Le problème de l'architecte", vol. 1, p. 234, in Histoire du Louvre, 3 volumes, edited by Geneviève Bresc-Bautier and Guillaume Fonkenell. Paris: Louvre Éditions; Fayard. .Henri Sauval (1724), "La salle des Antiques", vol. 1, pp. 42–44, in Histoire et recherches des antiquités de la ville de Paris. Paris: Charles Moette and Jacques Chardon.
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External links Thibault Métezeau and the Pont Neuf on Structurae