# Exterior view [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [GABRIEL, Ange-Jacques]() - Date: 1701-1750 - Technique: Photo ## Commentary The Gabriel family, related to the Mansart family, boasted three or four architects prior to Ange-Jacques, the fifth to bear that name. He succeeded de Cotte as First Architect, and was an engineer and builder of some of France's most remarkable bridges - in Lyon, Poissy and Blois. He became the master architect of the reign of Louis XV, characterized by three exemplary edifices: the École Militaire \(1751-68\), the Versailles opera house \(1753-70\), and Place Louis XV \(today Place de la Concorde\) flanked by the Hotel du Garde-Meuble \(1757-70\). In addition, he also built the Petit Trianon. The École Militaire was planned as early as 1751 by Ange-Jacques Gabriel at the request of Madame de Pompadour. A kind of pendant to the nearby Hotel des Invalides, it was only built after 1765. The north façade is powerfully composed, with a central portico featuring colossal order columns topped by a dome set on a square plan. The south façade, facing the inner courtyard, had a more simple portico, yet also boasted colossal order columns echoing the outer façade. The photo shows the south façade overlooking the inner courtyard. ## Related artworks - [Aerial view]() - [Court façade of the Palace of Versailles]() - [Elevation Drawing of the Stage, Versailles Opera House]() - [Exterior view]() - [Exterior view]() - [Exterior view]() - [Exterior view]() - [Exterior view]() - [Exterior view]() - [Exterior view]() - [General view]() - [General view]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()