Emmanuel Héré de Corny

Emmanuel Héré de Corny (12 October 1705 – burial: 2 February 1763) was the court architect to Stanisław Leszczyński, Duke of Lorraine and former King of Poland at his capital of Nancy.[1]

Héré's triumphal arch in Place Stanislas, Nancy, is based on the Arch of Septimius Severus, Rome

Corny, who was born in Nancy, is famous for the harmonious suite of axial spaces he developed, extending from the Place Stanislas to the Palais du Gouvernement;[2] the sequence is a prime example of eighteenth-century urbanism.[3]

He died, aged 57, in Lunéville.[4]

References
  1. Louis de Grandmaison, Essai d'armorial des artistes français. Lettres de noblesse. Preuves pour l'ordre de Saint-Michel, p. 334-337, Réunion des sociétés savantes des départements à la Sorbonne. Section des beaux-arts. Ministère de l'instruction publique, 1903, 27th session (in French). Retrieved 19 December 2018.
  2. Base Mérimée: Ensemble formé par la place Stanislas, la rue Héré et la place de la Carrière, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
  3. Place Stanislas, Place de la Carrière and Place d'Alliance in Nancy, UNESCO World Heritage. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
  4. "HÉRÉ (rue)", Le Cicerone de Nancy. Nomenclature des rues avec leurs tenants et aboutissants. Indicateur du service des tramways et omnibus de Nancy et de la banlieue et des voitures publiques, 1905 (in French). Retrieved 19 December 2018.
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