La Mort d'Hyppolite / The Death of Hyppolytus

Creator

French Artist · 1765–1848

Jean Godefroy introduced Parisian Neoclassical ideals in architecture to the United States, but scholars are uncertain when he actually studied architecture. The first forty years of his life are unclear: he served in the army, probably briefly practiced engineering, and spent time in Napoleonic prisons before being exiled to the United States. In 1805 a seminary college in Baltimore hired him as