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Preferred Title:
Church of the Val-de-Grâce Work_PrefTitle Church of the Val-de-Grâce Preferred Title false
Alternate Title:
Église du Val-de-Grâce Work_AltTitle Église du Val-de-Grâce Alternate Title false
Image View:
Detail, portico pediment with inscription and royal monogram of Anne of Austria Image_Title Detail, portico pediment with inscription and royal monogram of Anne of Austria Image View false
Creator:
François Mansart (French architect, ca. 1598-1666); Jacques Lemercier (French architect, ca.1584-1654); Pierre Le Muet (French architect, 1591-1669) Agent_Display François Mansart (French architect, ca. 1598-1666); Jacques Lemercier (French architect, ca.1584-1654); Pierre Le Muet (French architect, 1591-1669) Creator false
Location:
site: Paris, Île-de-France, France Work_Location_Type_Display site: Paris, Île-de-France, France Location false
Location Note:
5th arrondissement; 1, place Alphonse Laveran Work_LocationNotes 5th arrondissement; 1, place Alphonse Laveran Location Note false
GPS:
+48.840833+2.341944
Date:
ca. 1645-1667 (creation) Work_DateDisplay ca. 1645-1667 (creation) Date false
Cultural Context:
French Work_Culture French Cultural Context false
Style Period:
Baroque; Seventeenth century Work_StylePeriodDisplay Baroque; Seventeenth century Style Period false
Work Type 1:
church Work_Worktype1 church Work Type 1 false
Classification:
architecture Work_Classification architecture Classification false
Technique:
carving (processes); construction (assembling) Work_Technique carving (processes); construction (assembling) Technique false
Inscription:
Porch pediment: "IESU NASCENTI VIRGINIQ(UE) MATRI." Work_InscriptionDisplay Porch pediment: "IESU NASCENTI VIRGINIQ(UE) MATRI." Inscription false
Description:
The Church of the Val-de-Grâce is the church of a former royal abbey in what is now the Val-de-Grâce Hospital. The dome of the church is a principal landmark of the skyline of Paris. The church was initially designed by François Mansart, succeeded by Jacques Lemercier, who designed the dome. In 1645 Mansart was appointed by the queen, Anne of Austria, to add a church to the convent of the Val-de-Grâce, which she frequently visited on retreat. For this project Mansart devised a highly imaginative scheme based on the Escorial in Spain, where Anne had spent her youth. His design for the church was original in many respects, with bell-towers flanking the nave and a projecting single-storey entrance portico, more reminiscent of his château frontispieces than of a conventional church front. Mansart left the project after only one year. The abbey was turned into a military hospital after the French Revolution, but the church was preserved. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordartonline.com/)
Image Description:
To give thanks for the birth of her son, Anne of Austria dedicated the church in honor of the Virgin Mary. The dedication on the porch pediment reads "IESU NASCENTI VIRGINIQ(UE) MATRI." Image_Description To give thanks for the birth of her son, Anne of Austria dedicated the church in honor of the Virgin Mary. The dedication on the porch pediment reads "IESU NASCENTI VIRGINIQ(UE) MATRI." Image Description false
Collection:
Archivision Addition Module Nine LocalCollection Archivision Addition Module Nine Collection false
Identifier:
1A2-F-P-VDG-A20 Image_OriginalVendorID 1A2-F-P-VDG-A20 Identifier false
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