Antoine de Ratabon

Antoine de Ratabon
Possible portrait of Antoine de Ratabon by Pierre Rabon (1660)[a]
Director of the Académie de Peinture et de Sculpture
In office
1655–1670
MonarchLouis XIV of France
Succeeded byCharles Errard
Surintendant des Bâtiments du Roi
In office
1656 – 1 January 1664
Preceded byÉtienne Le Camus
Succeeded byJean-Baptiste Colbert
Personal details
Born1617
Montpellier, France
Died12 March 1670(1670-03-12) (aged 52–53)
Paris, France
ResidenceHôtel de Ratabon
SignatureSignature of Antoine de Ratabon: "Ratabon A"

Antoine de Ratabon (1617 – 12 March 1670) was a French aristocrat who served as an arts and architecture administrator during the reign of Louis XIV.[1][2] He was the first Director of the Académie de Peinture et de Sculpture from 1655 to 1670[3] as well as the Surintendant des Bâtiments (Superintendent of Buildings) from 1656 to 1664.[4]


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  1. ^ Vitu 1880, pp. 151–153.
  2. ^ Bajou 1998, p. 76 (years of birth and death).
  3. ^ Michel 2018, p. 21; Williams 2015, p. 45.
  4. ^ Williams 2015, p. 23.

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