St-Louis-en-l'Île (Paris)
The Catholic parish church of St-Louis-en-l'Île at Rue Saint-Louis-en-l'Île No. 19/21 on Île Saint-Louis in the 4th arrondissement in Paris is a building in the French Baroque style . The construction of the church began in the second half of the 17th century and was completed at the beginning of the 18th century. The nearest metro stations are Saint-Paul and Pont Marie on lines 1 and 7 . In 1915 the church was included in the list of French architectural monuments as Monument historique .
history
The forerunner of today's church was a chapel from 1622, which was elevated to a parish church in 1623. It was first dedicated to Our Lady and was called Notre-Dame-de-l'Île . Later she received the patronage of Louis the Holy , King of France, canonized in 1297 . In 1664, the Archbishop of Paris Hardouin de Péréfix laid the foundation stone for the new church, for which the architect François Le Vau , the brother of Louis Le Vau , had designed the plans. Jean-Baptiste de Champaigne (1631–1681), nephew of the more famous Philippe de Champaigne , was entrusted with the painting . After Le Vau's death, Gabriel Le Duc , Pierre Bullet and Jacques Doucet continued the construction work, which was completed in 1725.
During the French Revolution , the church was closed and all furnishings and works of art were stripped. In 1798 it was sold as national property. In 1817 the city of Paris bought back the church and had new leaded glass windows installed in 1842 . In the 19th century numerous works of art were acquired with which the church was furnished.
architecture
Exterior construction
The church is oriented to the east and has a length of 57 meters, a width of 28 meters and a height of 20 meters. The 30-meter-high bell tower from 1765 rises above the entrance portal on Rue Louis-en-l'Île, the stone top of which is broken through alternately by oval and round openings. The doors of the portal date from the 17th century. They are carved from oak and decorated with medallions and garlands .
inner space
The nave has three naves and is divided into three bays . The transept does not extend beyond the width of the nave. The choir extends over two bays. It has just closed and is surrounded by an ambulatory to which nine chapels adjoin.
Arched arcades span the mighty pillars of the central nave and separate it from the two aisles. The pillars are reinforced by fluted pilasters with Corinthian capitals . A frieze decorated with arabesques and a cornice resting on carved corbels run above the arcade zone .
The main and side aisles have groined vaults . The crossing is vaulted by a pendent dome. It is decorated with the coat of arms of the French kings and the chain of the Order of the Holy Spirit .
Leaded glass window
The large choir window depicting the crucifixion of Christ dates from the 17th century and was completed in 1844 by Jean-Louis Bézard and Joseph Vigné .
The windows in the chapels were made in 1842 by Joseph Vigné from boxes by Pierre Jollivet (1794-1781). They are dedicated to Louis the Saint, his sister Isabella of France , the founder of Longchamp Abbey , and his mother Blanka of Castile . In the Sacred Heart Chapel in the right aisle there is a window with the caption “DÉVOTION DE LA FRANCE AU SACRÉ COEUR” (France consecrates itself to the Heart of Jesus), on which the Sacré-Cœur Church is depicted in the background . The signature on the lower edge ("Ancienne maison Coffetier Ch. Champigneulle fils de Paris et Cie") refers to the workshop of the glass painter Charles Champigneulle . The window in the grave chapel of the Czartoryski family depicts the resurrection of Jesus and was created by Alfred Gérente in 1866 .
Furnishing
- An eye of God , a gilded carving, with the Hebrew letters YHWH hovers over the main altar made of white and gray marble .
Sculptures
- In the chapels of the ambulatory there are alabaster reliefs from Nottingham workshops that date from the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries (cf. Saint-Leu-Saint-Gilles ). You put u. a. the burial of a bishop (14th century), the coronation of Mary and the crucifixion of Christ (15th century).
- The colored relief, carved from linden wood and depicting the Entombment of Mary, originally belonged to an altarpiece and comes from a Flemish workshop. It is dated around 1500.
- The two reliefs in the Saint-Vincent-de-Paul Chapel depicting the Last Supper and an entombment from the 16th century are attributed to a French workshop.
- Eight wooden panels with scenes from the life of Jesus in the baptistery date from the 16th century.
- The stucco sculptures of the Madonna and Child and Saint Genoveva , both from 1741, are works by the sculptor François Ladatte.
- The crossways reliefs were created by Jean-Bernard Duseigneur (1808–1866).
painting
- Twelve paintings on copper on the pillars of the nave depicting the twelve apostles date from the 17th century.
- Above the entrance is the painting Saint Louis recevant la dernière communion ( Saint Louis receives the last communion ) by Ary Scheffer (1795–1858).
- In the aisles are:
- Three paintings depicting Saint Jerome , Saint Francis of Assisi (both from the 15th century) and Saint Clare of Assisi (14th century) from the Italian school
- Les Pèlerins d'Emmaüs (Disciples of the Emmaus) by Charles-Antoine Coypel (1694–1752)
- Les Disciples d'Emmaüs ( Disciples of Emmaus) by Francesco Vecellio (1475–1559)
- Saint Pierre et saint Jean guérissant un paralytique à la porte du Temple (Peter and John heal a paralyzed man at the gate of the temple) from 1743, by Carle Van Loo (1705–1765)
- Le Baptême du Christ (Baptism of Christ) from 1645, by Jacques Stella (1596–1657)
organ
The organ is the work of organ builder Bernard Aubertin and was installed in a neo-baroque case in 2005 . The instrument has 51 stops on three manuals and a pedal. The playing and stop actions are mechanical.
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literature
- Georges Brunel, Marie-Laure Deschamps-Bourgeon, Yves Gagneux: Dictionnaire des Églises de Paris . Éditions Hervas, Paris 2000 (1st edition 1995), ISBN 2-903118-77-9 , pp. 280-282.
- Jean Colson, Marie-Christine Lauroa (ed.): Dictionnaire des Monuments de Paris . Paris 2003 (1st edition 1992), ISBN 2-84334-001-2 , pp. 712-713.
- Aline Dumoulin, Alexandra Ardisson, Jérôme Maingard, Murielle Antonello: Paris D'Église en Église . Éditions Massin, Paris 2008, ISBN 978-2-7072-0583-4 , pp. 77-81.
- Paroisse Saint-Louis-en-l'Ile (ed.): L'église Saint-Louis-en-l'Île . Lelivredart, Paris 2007, ISBN 978-2-35532-006-4 .
Web links
- Église Saint-Louis-en-l'Île Description of the church and the organ (French and English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Église Saint-Louis-en-l'Île in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- ↑ Élisabeth Pillet: Le vitrail à Paris au XIXe siècle. Entretenir, conserver, restaurer . Corpus Vitrearum France - Études IX, Presses Universitaires de Rennes, Rennes 2010, p. 110, ISBN 978-2-7535-0945-0
- ↑ More information on the organ of the Saint-Louis-en-l'Île church (French and English)
Coordinates: 48 ° 51 '4.4 " N , 2 ° 21' 27.5" E