• Thumbnail for Deyrolle
    constructed in 1697-1699 by Jean-Baptiste Voille for a member of the Bruand family (Libéral Bruand). It was deeply transformed in 1739 by Samuel-Jacques Bernard...
    10 KB (1,055 words) - 21:17, 6 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Napoleon III's Louvre expansion
    by Jean-Claude Petit; Pierre Chambiges, by Jules-Antoine Droz [fr]; Libéral Bruand, by Armand Toussaint; Philibert de l'Orme, by Jean-Pierre Dantan; Bernard...
    35 KB (3,695 words) - 16:42, 11 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Couvent des Feuillants
    The entrance gateway, probably built by Jean Richer to a design by Libéral Bruand, was built between 1676 et 1677. It was a large gateway surmounted by...
    46 KB (1,847 words) - 23:23, 14 November 2023
  • Thumbnail for Aristide Bruant
    creator of the chanson réaliste musical genre. Born Louis Armand Aristide Bruand in the village of Courtenay, Loiret in France, Bruant left his home in 1866...
    5 KB (637 words) - 21:55, 27 September 2023