Jehan de Beauce

Northern spire of the Chartres Cathedral, in the flamboyant Gothic style. Rebuilt by Jehan de Beauce from 1507 to 1513 (height 115 m).

Jehan Texier (before 1474 – 29 December 1529 in Chartres[1]) known under the name Jehan de Beauce was a 15th/16th-century French architect. He is known for his works of religious architecture, notably on the Chartres cathedral of which he reconstructed the northern spire.

Biography

Jehan de Beauce probably settled in Maine at the end of the 15th century: his name appeared in 1474 in the accounts of the town of Orléans.

Until 1506 he resided at Vendôme where he participated in the building of the Trinity Abbey.

In 1506, he was commissioned to rebuild the northern bell tower of the Chartres Cathedral[2] destroyed by lightning on 26 July 1506.

In Chartres, Jehan de Beauce also built:[2][3]

  • The renovation of the Église Saint-Aignan de Chartres between 1513 and 1525.
  • The construction of the pavillon of the Horloge astronomique de Chartres in 1520.
  • The construction of the arch extending the collégiale Saint-André de Chartres above the Eure river.

References

  1. ↑ Histoire de Chartres, Eugène-Louis-Ernest de Buchère de Lépinois, 2 volumes, Garnier, Chartres 1854-58. Volume 1: ; Volume 2:
  2. 1 2 "Contrat avec l'architecte Jehan de Beauce pour la reconstruction du clocher nord, 1506". Archives départementales d'Eure-et-Loir. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
  3. ↑ "La collégiale Saint-André". www.ville-chartres.fr. Archived from the original on 15 November 2008. Retrieved 30 March 2018. :
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