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Philibert de l'Orme was born at Lyons, the son of Jehan de L'Orme, who practised the same art and brought his son up to it.
At an early age Philibert was sent to Italy to study (1533–1536).
De L'orme was employed in Italy by Pope Paul III. Returning to France he was patronised by Cardinal du Bellay at Lyons, and was sent by him about 1540 to Paris, where he began the Château St Maur, and enjoyed royal favour; in 1545 he was made architect to Francis I. and given the charge of works in Brittany.
In 1548 Henry II. gave him the supervision of Fontainebleau, Saint-Germain and the other royal buildings; but on his death (1559) Philibert fell into disgrace.
Under Charles IX. , however, he returned to favour, and was employed to construct the Tuileries, in collaboration with Jean Brillant.
Much of his work has disappeared, but his fame remains. An ardent humanist and student of the antique, he yet vindicated resolutely the French tradition in opposition to Italian tendencies; He created a number of inportant works such as Château d'Anet.
His work is seen at Chenonceaux and other famous châteaux; and his tomb of Francis I. at St Denis remains a perfect specimen of his art. He wrote two books on architecture (1561 and 1567).
His masterpiece was the Château d'Anet (1552–1559), built for Diane de Poitiers, the plans of which are preserved in Du Cerceau's Plus excellens bastiments de France, though part of the building alone remains; and his designs for the Tuileries (also given by Du Cerceau), begun by Catherine de' Medici in 1565, were magnificent.
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Philibert was a man of independent mind and vigorous originality.
