# Exterior view

[View the canonical artwork record](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/androuet-du-cerceau-jacques-the-elder-r3576a5edf6d8a3/exterior-view-r90631770c9d81e>)

## Artwork

- Artist: [ANDROUET DU CERCEAU, Jacques the Elder](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/androuet-du-cerceau-jacques-the-elder-r3576a5edf6d8a3>)
- Date: 1551-1600
- Technique: Photo

## Commentary

It was built for the Groslot family under the direction of Jacques Androuet du Cerceau. The French kings François II and Charles IX and the regent Catherine de Médicis stayed there. Now it belongs to the Hôtel de ville of Orléans. The building has a characteristic red brick façade arranged in rhombuses. It consists of a central building with two Renaissance-style wings and a double flight staircase.

## Related artworks

- [Château de Bury](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/androuet-du-cerceau-jacques-the-elder-r3576a5edf6d8a3/chteau-de-bury-r5dda5ea1ed012c>)
- [Château de Bury](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/androuet-du-cerceau-jacques-the-elder-r3576a5edf6d8a3/chteau-de-bury-r8dcfec33836ab3>)
- [Château de Madrid](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/androuet-du-cerceau-jacques-the-elder-r3576a5edf6d8a3/chteau-de-madrid-r9340cde9eb886f>)
- [Château de Madrid](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/androuet-du-cerceau-jacques-the-elder-r3576a5edf6d8a3/chteau-de-madrid-rfc0e04b20648ab>)
- [Design for a Town House](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/androuet-du-cerceau-jacques-the-elder-r3576a5edf6d8a3/design-for-a-town-house-re84a2f0144d460>)
- [Elevation of the Château de Charleval](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/androuet-du-cerceau-jacques-the-elder-r3576a5edf6d8a3/elevation-of-the-chteau-de-charleval-r4649fd99b646b7>)
- [Elevation of the Château de Verneuil](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/androuet-du-cerceau-jacques-the-elder-r3576a5edf6d8a3/elevation-of-the-chteau-de-verneuil-rb819a645ef0f43>)
- [Entrance to the Château, Écouen](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/androuet-du-cerceau-jacques-the-elder-r3576a5edf6d8a3/entrance-to-the-chteau-couen-r3c4d9d6dff28ee>)
- [Floorplan of Chateau d&#39;Anet](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/androuet-du-cerceau-jacques-the-elder-r3576a5edf6d8a3/floorplan-of-chateau-danet-ra609338bc0746d>)
- [Mantelpiece in Château de Madrid](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/androuet-du-cerceau-jacques-the-elder-r3576a5edf6d8a3/mantelpiece-in-chteau-de-madrid-rb0b27aebfba67f>)
- [Plan of the Château de Charleval](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/androuet-du-cerceau-jacques-the-elder-r3576a5edf6d8a3/plan-of-the-chteau-de-charleval-r362856448b9c3b>)
- [Plan of the Château de Chenonceau](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/androuet-du-cerceau-jacques-the-elder-r3576a5edf6d8a3/plan-of-the-chteau-de-chenonceau-r12937141d34825>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)