Jean-François Blondel (1683 – 9 October 1756) was a French architect.
Biography Born in Rouen, Blondel was admitted in the Académie d'Architecture in 1728.
He was the masterAccording to his friend, architect Franque. and uncle of Jacques-François. He also had another nephew as a student, Jean-Baptiste Michel Vallin de la Mothe, whom he took in his agency on his return from Rome.
Main realisations Maison Mallet, Geneva, 1724 Maison de Saussure, , 1724-1730 Maison Rouillé, Paris, 1732–1739Harrington 1982. , 1736-1740 , 1741-1747 (destroyed in 1944) Hôtel des gardes du Roi, Versailles, 1750-1754
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Harrington, Kevin (1982). "Blondel, Jean François", vol. 1, pp. 234–236, in Macmillan Encyclopedia of Architects, four volumes, edited by Adolf K. Placzek. London: The Free Press. . Mauban, André (1944). Jean Marot: Architecte et Graveur Parisien. Paris: Les Éditions d'Art et d'Histoire. . Catalog record at HathiTrust.
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