Jean Duthier
Jean Duthier, seigneur de Beauregard (died 1559), also called Jean du Thier, was Minister of Finance for King Henry II and a Secretary of State.
He was a great humanist and protector of the poet Joachim du Bellay and Pierre de Ronsard.
He bought the Château de Beauregard (Loire Valley), in 1545, for 2,000 gold ecus. Jean Duthiers was the real builder of the castle. He incorporated the old house in the new building and built in Renaissance style, the central gallery which connected the two buildings.
From 1553, he appealed to many foreign artists who were working for King Henry II. The painter Nicolò dell'Abbate decorated it with frescoes. Francesco Scibec da Carpi carved woodwork of the study, "the Cabinet of Jingle Bells" at the foot of the windows of the south wing. He showed a collection of rare plants.[1]
References
Finance ministers of France since 1518 | |
|---|---|
| |
| House of Valois (1518–1589) |
|
| House of Bourbon (1589–1792) |
|
| First Republic (1792–1804) |
|
| House of Bonaparte (1804–1814) |
|
| House of Bourbon (1814–1815) |
|
| House of Bonaparte (1815) |
|
| House of Bourbon (1815–1830) |
|
| House of Orléans (1830–1848) |
|
| Second Republic (1848–1852) |
|
| House of Bonaparte (1852–1870) | |
| Third Republic (1870–1940) |
|
| Vichy France (1940–1944) |
|
| Free France (1941–1944) |
|
| Provisional Government (1944–1946) | |
| Fourth Republic (1946–1958) |
|
| Fifth Republic (1958–present) |
|
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.