Detail View: Archivision Base to Module 9: Saint-Sulpice
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Preferred Title:
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Saint-Sulpice
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Alternate Title:
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Église Saint-Sulpice
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Image View:
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The front portico
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Creator:
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Daniel Gittard (French architect, 1625-1686)
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Location:
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site: Paris, Île-de-France, France
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Location Note:
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Place Saint-Sulpice
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Date:
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ca. 1646-1745 (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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French
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Style Period:
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Neoclassical
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Work Type 1:
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church
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Classification:
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architecture
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Technique:
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construction (assembling)
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Measurements:
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34 x 58 x 113 m (length)
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Subjects:
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architectural exteriors; portico
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Description:
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[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/)
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Collection:
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Archivision Addition Module Two
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Identifier:
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1A2-F-P-SS-A4
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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