Leon Dufourny (1754-1818) French architect
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[FRANCE] Leon Dufourny (1754-1818) French architect whose works belong to the neo-classical movement of the late eighteenth century. Leon Dufourny was Commissioner of the French Republic to the King of Naples and made a trip to Sicily from 1787 to 1794 to study the ancient temples Greek. In 1796 Dufourny was elected member of the Academy of Fine Arts and was also appointed Chairman of the Committee of the Fund and the Central administrative board of the Institute of France, and Niv‚à ö√¥se Vent‚à ö√¥se Year XII (1802). Around 1800, he seized the castle of Richelieu, confiscated during the Revolution as many emigrated, had been emptied of its furniture collections and then stripped of its materials - before being demolished - the rectangular tray mosaic marble and hard stone of a ceremonial table, completed after a carved wooden base, and preserved from the Louvre (Galerie d'Apollon); a color lithograph nineteenth century this exceptional furniture and a replica of his legs are kept at the Museum of Fine Arts Tours. ALS, 1806, 1p. approx. 5-1/2 x 5-3/4".
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