COLLECTION NAME:
Archivision Base to Module 9
Record
Preferred Title:
Saint-Sulpice
Alternate Title:
Église Saint-Sulpice
Image View:
View of Place Saint Sulpice
Creator:
Daniel Gittard (French architect, 1625-1686)
Location:
site: Paris, Île-de-France, France
Location Note:
Place Saint-Sulpice
Date:
ca. 1646-1745 (creation)
Cultural Context:
French
Style Period:
Neoclassical
Work Type 1:
church
Classification:
architecture
Technique:
construction (assembling)
Measurements:
34 x 58 x 113 m (length)
Subjects:
architectural exteriors
Description:
[Saint-Sulpice is the second largest church in Paris, following Notre-Dame.] Gittard moved to Paris, buying an architect's commission in the Bâtiments du Roi as early as 1655; throughout his life he was to engage in building- and property-speculation in the parish of St Sulpice as did Louis and François Le Vau on the Ile Saint-Louis. His plans for the huge new church of St Sulpice were preferred to those of Louis Le Vau: Gittard supplied the general design and built the sanctuary, ambulatory, apsidal chapels, transept and north portal (1670-1678), after which work was suspended for lack of funds. The nave and side-chapels were built in 1719-1745 by Gilles-Marie Oppenord and Giovanni Servandoni, to Gittard's designs. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.groveart.com/)
Collection:
Archivision Addition Module Two
Identifier:
1A2-F-P-SS-A2
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
Saint-Sulpice
