Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart (French pronunciation: [alɛksɑ̃dʁ teodɔːʁ bʁɔ̃ɲaːʁ]) (15 February 1739 – 6 June 1813) was a prominent French architect.
Born in Paris, France. A prominent member of Parisian society, in 1767 he married Anne-Louise d'Egremont. The couple became friends of the royal portrait painter, Marie Louise Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun who painted the portrait of their daughter, Alexandrine-Emilie Brongniart that now hangs in the Natio...
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Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart (French pronunciation: [alɛksɑ̃dʁ teodɔːʁ bʁɔ̃ɲaːʁ]) (15 February 1739 – 6 June 1813) was a prominent French architect.
Born in Paris, France. A prominent member of Parisian society, in 1767 he married Anne-Louise d'Egremont. The couple became friends of the royal portrait painter, Marie Louise Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun who painted the portrait of their daughter, Alexandrine-Emilie Brongniart that now hangs in the National Gallery in London, Mademoiselle Brongniart 1788. During the Reign of Terror, Vigée-Lebrun hid in Brongniart’s home before fleeing the country.
Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart was also a close friend of Jean Antoine Houdon, the pre-eminent French sculptor of the day who sculpted busts of his daughter Alexandrine-Emilie and his son Alexandre Jr. that are now in the Louvre Museum in Paris. Brongniart Jr. went on to become a respected geologist and director of the famous Sèvres porcelain manufactory. In turn, his son Adolphe Theodore Brongniart...
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