Title

Saint-Sulpice

Alternative Title

Église Saint-Sulpice

Church of St. Sulpice

S. Sulpice

Creator

Daniel Gittard (French architect, 1625-1686)

Louis Le Vau (French architect, 1612-1670)

Giovanni Niccolò Servandoni (Italian architect, 1695-1766)

City

Paris, Île-de-France, France

Address

Place Saint-Sulpice

Location

France

Building Creation Date

ca. 1646-1745 (creation)

Century

17th century

18th century

Description

west elevation, elevations

[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.

Techniques

renderings (drawings)

Classification

Architectural Documentation

Building Type

churches

religious buildings

Documentation Type

elevations

Style/Period

Neoclassical

Cultural Context

French

Subject

architectural exteriors

architectural interiors

Source

Blomfield Reginald Theodore, Sir. A History of French Architecture from the Death of Mazarin till the Death of Louis XV. 1. London: G. Bell and sons, ltd., 1921, CLXI.

Access Rights

Public Domain

creator

Gittard, Daniel

Le Vau, Louis

Servandoni Giovanni Niccolò

Item sets

Architecture Illustrations

Media

https://www.myweb.ttu.edu/saschuma/31295001042042_CLXI.jpg

Daniel Gittard (French architect, 1625-1686), Louis Le Vau (French architect, 1612-1670), and Giovanni Niccolò Servandoni (Italian architect, 1695-1766), “Saint-Sulpice”, Arch Design Images, accessed November 15, 2024, https://exhibits.lib.ttu.edu/s/archlib/item/18391