Isabelle, Charles-Edouard, 1800-1880

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The French architect Charles-Edouard Isabelle was born in 1800 in Le Havre and died in 1880 in Paris. He studied at the École des beaux-arts in Paris under Achille Leclerc. Between 1826 and 1828 he travelled to Italy, mainly to Naples, Pompeii, and Tuscany, and to Croatia.

From the description of Charles-Edouard Isabelle drawings of ancient sites in Italy, 1826-1827. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 78023734

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The French architect Charles-Edouard Isabelle was born in 1800 in Le Havre and died in 1880 in Paris. He studied at the École des beaux-arts in Paris under Achille Leclerc. Between 1824 and 1828 he travelled in Italy,primarily to Naples, Pompeii, and Tuscany. After his return to France Isabelle won first prize for his design of the customs building in Rouen. He taught architecture and constructed the school buildings of the Écoles des arts et métiers in Châlon and Angers, as well as other structures in Plombières, Paris, Béziers, and Rouen. His publications include Parallèle des salles rondes antiques et modernes, Tombeau de Napoléon, and Édifices circulaires et dômes .

From the guide to the Charles-Edouard Isabelle drawings of ancient sites in Italy, 1826-1827, (Getty Research Institute)

Role Title Holding Repository
Relation Name
associatedWith Real Museo borbonico (Naples, Italy) corporateBody
associatedWith Temple of Augustus (Pula, Croatia) corporateBody
associatedWith Temple of Serapis (Pozzuoli, Italy) corporateBody
Place Name Admin Code Country
Italy—Antiquities, Roman.
Croatia
Pompeii (Extinct city)—Antiquities.
Croatia—Antiquities, Roman.
Pula (Croatia)—Buildings, structures etc.
Italy--Pozzuoli
Pompeii (Extinct city)—Buildings, structures etc.
Pozzuoli (Italy)—Buildings, structures, etc.
Italy--Naples
Italy--Tuscany
Triangular Forum (Pompeii)
Benevento (Italy)—Buildings, structures, etc.
Italy
Benevento (Italy)
Pozzuoli (Italy)
Italy--Benevento
Pompeii (Extinct city)
Triangular Forum (Pompeii)
Pula (Croatia)
Italy--Pompeii (Extinct city)
Italy--Umbria
Subject
Architecture, Domestic
Architecture, Domestic
Antiquities, Roman
Antiquities, Roman
Arch of Trajan (Benevento, Italy)
Church buildings
Church buildings
Church buildings
Decoration and ornament, Architectural
Decoration and ornament, Architectural
Decoration and ornament, Architectural
Dwellings
Dwellings
Forums, Roman
Forums, Roman
Slavoluk Sergijevaca (Pula, Croatia)
Temples
Temples
Temples
Temples
Temples
Theaters
Theaters
Tombs
Tombs
Triumphal arches
Triumphal arches
Triumphal arches
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Person

Birth 1800

Death 1880

French

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