ULAN Full Record Display (Getty Research)

Research Home

Tools

Union List of Artist Names

Full Record Display

Click the

icon to view the hierarchy.

ID: 500028093

Record Type: Person

Le Vau, Louis (French architect, 1612-1670)

Note: Son of Louis Le Vau (d. 1661), architect. Began his career in the 1630s, designing row houses and "hôtels particuliers" on the Ile Saint-Louis, Paris. Le Vau was responsible for the design of the garden elevations of Versailles. Known mainly as a designer of hôtels and châteaux. Held the position of "Conseiller du Roi, intendant ordonnateur général et premier architecte des bâtiments royaux". French architect.

Names:
	Le Vau, Louis (preferred,V,index,LC)
	Louis Le Vau (V,display)
	Levau, Louis (V)
	Leveau, Louis (V)
	Vau, Louis le (V)

Nationalities:
	French (preferred)

Roles:
	artist (preferred)
	architect

Gender: male


Birth and Death Places:
	Born: Paris (Ville de Paris department, Île-de-France, France) (inhabited place) Died: Paris (Ville de Paris department, Île-de-France, France) (inhabited place)

Related People or Corporate Bodies:

assisted by ....	D'Orbay, François, II
....................	(French architect and printmaker, 1634-1697) [500016748]

sibling of ....	Le Vau, François
..................	(French architect, died 1676) [500033657]

List/Hierarchical Position:

....

Persons, Artists

........

Le Vau, Louis (I)

Biographies:


	(French architect, 1612-1670) ..... [VP Preferred] (artist, 1612-1670) ..... [GRL] (French architect) ..... [AVERY] (French architect, 1612-1670) ..... [AVERY] ( architect, 1612-1670) ..... [CL-Courtauld] (French architect, 1612?-1670) ..... [BHA] (1612-1670) ..... [AVERY] (French architect; born Paris (France), 1612; died Paris (France), 1670) ..... [CCA]

Sources and Contributors:

Le Vau, Louis ........	[AVERY Preferred, BHA Preferred, CCA Preferred, CL-Courtauld Preferred, GRL Preferred]
...........................	Avery Authority files (1963-)
...........................	Library of Congress Authorities database (n.d.) nr 88010510
...........................	Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
...........................	Witt Library, Authority files

Levau, Louis ........	[AVERY, CCA, GRL]
..........................	Avery Authority files (1963-)
..........................	Canadian Centre for Architecture database
..........................	Library of Congress Authorities database (n.d.) nr 88010510

Leveau, Louis ........	[CCA, GRL]
............................	Canadian Centre for Architecture database
............................	Library of Congress Authorities database (n.d.) nr 88010510

Louis Le Vau ........	[CCA, CL-Courtauld, VP]
.........................	Canadian Centre for Architecture database
.........................	Getty Vocabulary Program rules

Vau, Louis le ........	[CCA, GRL]
..........................	Canadian Centre for Architecture database
..........................	Library of Congress Authorities database (n.d.) nr 88010510

Subject: ........	[AVERY, BHA, CCA, CL-Courtauld, GRL, VP]
....................	Balteau et al., Dictionnaire de biographie française (1933-)
....................	Canadian Centre for Architecture database
....................	Encyclopedia of World Art (1959-1987)
....................	Getty Vocabulary Program rules
....................	LCNAF Library of Congress Name Authority File [n.d.]
....................	Library of Congress Authorities database (n.d.)
....................	Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
....................	Macmillan Encyclopedia of Architects (1982)
....................	Thieme-Becker, Allgemeines Lexikon der Kunstler (1980-1986)
....................	Witt Library, Authority files


Note:
English	..........	[AVERY, CCA]
	..........	LCNAF Library of Congress Name Authority File [n.d.]
	..........	Macmillan Encyclopedia of Architects (1982)
	..........	Thieme-Becker, Allgemeines Lexikon der Kunstler (1980-1986)

	The J. Paul Getty Trust
	© 2004 J. Paul Getty Trust Terms of Use / Privacy Policy / Contact Us