Saint-Sulpice (Paris, France) : Looking up within the altar, depicting oval ceiling

Creator:

Gittard, Daniel, 1625-1686

Published/Created:

Place Saint-Sulpice, Paris, Île-de-France, France
ca. 1646-1745

Physical Description:

34 x 58 x 113 m (length)

Date Depicted:

5/15/1997
1500 AD - 1699 AD
1700 AD - 1799 AD

Notes:

[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.

Variant Titles:

Église Saint-Sulpice

Topics:

Architecture -- France -- 17th century -- (YVRC)
Architecture -- France -- 18th century -- (YVRC)

Period/Style:

Neoclassical

Culture:

French

Accession Number:

1A2-F-P-SS-D3

Genre:

architecture (AAT)
churches (AAT)

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Sculptures, Models, & Architecture

Rights:

Copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc
The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.

Access Restrictions:

Yale Community Only

Digital:

architectural exteriors construction buildings; religious buildings; churches interior

Source Creator:

Gilchrist, Scott

Source Title:

Archivision Module Two

Source Created:

2878 Chamonix, Montreal QC
Archivision, Inc.
5/15/1997

Source Note:

Purchase, Visual Resources Collection, May, 2011; photographer Scott Gilchrist

Yale Collection:

Visual Resources Collection

Digital Collection:

Visual Resources Collection

Local Record Number:

4152

OID:

10167864

PID:

digcoll:1821749