Jean-Claude Rambot (1621–1694) was a French sculptor and architect.
Early life Jean-Claude Rambot was born in 1621 in Franche-Comté, then the County of Burgundy in the Holy Roman Empire.Grands Aixois: Le 17ème siècle
Career He became a renowned sculptor and architect in Aix-en-Provence.Michel Racine, Ernest J.-P. Boursier-Mougenot, Françoise Binet, The gardens of Provence and the French Riviera, MIT Press, 1987, p. 65 Hyacinthe Boniface, Arrests notables de la cour du parlement de Provence, p. 54, 1708
As a sculptor, he designed the Fontaine des Quatre-Dauphins in 1667, a fountain listed as a monument historique since 1905.John MacBeath, Education and Schooling: Myth, Heresy and Misconception, Routledge, 2013, p. 158 Dominique Auzias, Jean-Paul Labourdette, Petit Futé 52 week-ends en France, Le Petit Futé, 2010, p. 312 He also designed the Atlas of the Pavillon Vendôme. Additionally, in 1670, he designed the Hôtel d'Arbaud-Jouques, located at 19 Cours Mirabeau and listed as a monument historique since 1990.
Death He died in 1694.
Legacy The Parc Rambot, a public park in Aix-en-Provence, is named in his honour.
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