Editing Louis-Pierre Baltard (section)

==Life==
[[File:Palais de Justice de Lyon.JPG|thumb|left|300px|The Palais de Justice in Lyon]]
He was born in [[Paris]]. He was originally a landscape painter, but in his travels through [[Italy]] was struck with the beauty of the Italian buildings, and changed his profession, devoting himself to architecture.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}}<ref>Puylaroque, Thérèse de. [http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=no%3A470162632 "Pierre Baltard, peintre, architecte & graveur, 1764-1846: biographie raisonnée et catalogue sommaire"]</ref>

In his new occupation he achieved great success, and was selected to prepare the plans for some of the largest public edifices in [[Paris]]. His reputation is chiefly based on his skill in engraving. Among the best known of his plates are the drawings of Paris (''Paris et ses monuments'', 1803), the engravings for Denon's ''Égypte'', the illustrations of [[Napoleon]]'s wars (''La Colonne de la grande armée''), and those contained in the series entitled the ''Grand prix de l'architecture'', which for some time he carried on alone. He also gained distinction as an engraver of portraits.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}}<ref name="curl">{{cite book |last1=Curl |first1=James Stevens |title=Oxford Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture |date=1999 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-860678-9|edition=2}}</ref>

The Palais de Justice in Lyon are his most notable project.<ref name="penguin">{{cite book |last1=Fleming |first1=John |last2=Honour |first2=Hugh |last3=Pevsner |first3=Nikolaus |title=The Penguin Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture |date=1998 |publisher=Penguin |isbn=0-14-051323-X|page=39 |edition=5}}</ref>

Baltard died, aged 81, in Lyon.