does anyone know the "great master" who helped to design the Chambord?

Answer 1

Domenico da Cortona, perhaps? He was the designer. Or maybe Pierre Nepveu?

"The Italian Domenico da Cortona supervised engineering works at the chateaux of Tournai, Ardres, and Chambord, and is widely credited with the design of the Chateau de Chambord. Other evidence suggests that Chambord was actually designed by the French architect Pierre Nepveu, from Amboise, France."

Whoops - hold everything:

"Henry James once said, "Chambord is truly royal - royal in its great scale, its grand air, and its indifference to common considerations." The Loire's largest residence, brainchild of the extravagant François I, began as a hunting lodge in the Forêt de Boulogne. In 1519 the original building was razed and the creation of Chambord began, to a design probably initiated by Leonardo da Vinci. By 1537 the towers, keep and terraces had been completed by 1,800 men and two master masons."


They don't get any "greater" than Leonardo.

Answer 2

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