Église Sainte-Clotilde à Paris
Église Sainte-Clotilde à Paris (Sainte-Clotilde Church In Paris) c1857 by French Painter Max Berthelin (1811 – 1877); a watercolorist and architect.
This is a wonderful architectural illustration of the Sainte-Clotilde Church in Paris, France; which was originally designed by the French architect and archaeologist of German decent, Franz Christian Gau (1790 – 1854), with work starting in 1846, at the 7th arrondissement of Paris, near the Eiffel Tower; with Max Berthelin being an inspector of the work in 1852;.
When Gau died during the construction, the work was continued by the French architect Théodore Ballu (1817 – 1885); with the construction of the church being completed in 1856; and opening to the public in 1857.
The church was commissioned by the French composer Charles Gounod (1818 – 1893), and his wife Anna Zimmerman (1829 – 1907), who wanted a church to be built in honor of Saint Clotilde.
Saint Clotilde (474 – 545 A.D.), was the wife of the Frankish King Clovis I (466 – 511 A.D.), and she played a significant role in the conversion of the Franks to Christianity in the 5th century.
This is a tranquil scene with the church situated in what may be the center of the town with a perimeter gate all around round it, and a park right across the street of its front entrances.
On either side and behind the church are many buildings , with the buildings to the right of the church having large trees between them.
We can see people walking on the sidewalks as well as people and horse and buggy moving along the cobbled streets; with large white and blue clouds, against a blue sky in the background.
This is a remastered digital art old masters reproduction of a public domain image that is available as a rolled canvas print online.