Château de Vincennes, Sainte-Chapelle: Exterior detail, ornamentation of the roof finials of the chapel

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posted on 2017-06-30, 00:00 authored by G. Massiot & cie

Features an ornamented capital F with crown for Francis I.

The Sainte-Chapelle (from 1379) was left unfinished by Charles V and Charles VI and completed by Francis I and Henry II. Philibert de L'Orme managed to copy the original style almost exactly. In 1550 a choir-screen was ordered from the sculptor Jehan de la Gente and choir-stalls (destroyed 1789-1799) to house 84 canons and choristers were commissioned from Francisque de Carpy (active ca. 1531-1558). On either side of the sanctuary are the private chapels of the king and queen, each with a fireplace. The Queen’s Chapel contains the monument to Louis Antoine Henri de Bourbon, Prince Conde, Duc d'Enghien (marble, 1816-1822) by Louis-Pierre Deseine.

History

Alt Title

Royal Chapel of the Chateau of Vincennes

Date Created

1910-01-01

Date Modified

2017-06-30

Spatial Coverage

Vincennes Vincennes Île-de-France, France: suburb of Paris, Val-de-Marne +48.842778+2.435833

Temporal Coverage

before or circa 1910

Cultural Context

Late Gothic

Rights Statement

To view the physical lantern slide, please contact the Architecture Library.

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