Plate 14. The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palais_du_Louvre" class="extiw" title="en:Palais du Louvre">Louvre</a> in Paris: elevation of the <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/avant-corps" class="extiw" title="en:avant-corps">avant-corps</a></i> of the former south facade facing the river, built to designs by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Le_Vau" class="extiw" title="en:Louis Le Vau">Louis Le Vau</a> from 1660 to 1663. From <i>Architecture françoise</i>, Tome 4, Livre 6. For Blondel's discussion of this plate (in French), see <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k1080359/f84.image.r=.langEN">p. 59 of tome 4</a> (at Gallica). For the complete facade see <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Louvre_-_Ancienne_fa%C3%A7ade_du_c%C3%B4t%C3%A9_de_la_rivi%C3%A8re_ex%C3%A9cut%C3%A9e_sur_le_dessein_de_Le_Veau_-_Architecture_fran%C3%A7oise_Tome4_Livre6_Pl13.jpg" title="File:Louvre - Ancienne façade du côté de la rivière exécutée sur le dessein de Le Veau - Architecture françoise Tome4 Livre6 Pl13.jpg">plate 13</a>. A second row of rooms was added to the south side of the wing c. 1668 with a new facade (see <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Louvre_-_%C3%89l%C3%A9vation_de_la_fa%C3%A7ade_du_c%C3%B4t%C3%A9_de_la_rivi%C3%A8re_-_Architecture_fran%C3%A7oise_Tome4_Livre6_Pl11_-_Kyoto_U.jpg" title="File:Louvre - Élévation de la façade du côté de la rivière - Architecture françoise Tome4 Livre6 Pl11 - Kyoto U.jpg">plate 11</a>), replacing the facade shown here.
<bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Louis_Le_Vau" class="extiw" title="w:en:Louis Le Vau"><span title="French architect">Louis Le Vau</span></a>
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1660
Scan from the original work: Réimpression [1904] de l'<i>Architecture françoise</i> de Jacques-François Blondel (Paris, 1752–1756).