Background
Trouard was born in Paris to a wealthy father who was a sculptor and supplier of marble to the king. Upon his return to Paris, he constructed a house for his father at 9 rue du Faubourg-Montmartre.
Trouard was born in Paris to a wealthy father who was a sculptor and supplier of marble to the king. Upon his return to Paris, he constructed a house for his father at 9 rue du Faubourg-Montmartre.
Trouard studied with Louis-Adam Loriot at the Académie de peinture.
During his stay in Italy from 1754 until 1758, he created a travelogue that described innovative trends in architecture, as well as the medieval architecture of Pisa. He built another house for his father in 1761 at 1 rue du Faubourg-Poissonnière (the house has since been destroyed). He then commenced construction of the church of Saint-Symphorien, the third parish of Versailles, which he built as a basilica.
In 1765, he succeeded Ange-Jacques Gabriel as the architect of Orléans Cathedral.
Trouard joined the Royal Academy of Architecture in 1769. In 1773, Trouard was forced to leave Versailles and return to Paris for his reputed involvement in an embezzlement scandal.
King Louis XVI later cleared him of the accusations.
Académie royale d"architecture.