# VIGNON, Alexandre-Pierre

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## Artist

- Lifespan: 1763–1828
- Profession: architect
- School: French

## Biography

French architect of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic periods. Trained under Julien David Leroy \(1724-1803\); he was also a close friend of Claude Nicolas Ledoux. He was appointed Inspecteur général des bâtiments de la République in 1794. In 1807, Napoleon I chose Vignon&#39;s uncompromising Neoclassical design for his Temple de la Gloire \(after 1813 the Madeleine\) in Paris.

## Related artworks

- [Exterior view](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vignon-alexandre-pierre-r3b6ad3244d553a/exterior-view-r2a418af9334379>)
- [Interior view](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vignon-alexandre-pierre-r3b6ad3244d553a/interior-view-rd3d118534252e0>)

## Attribution

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