ARCHITECT, French
(active late 15th century in Paris)

Exterior view

begun 1494
Photo
Église Saint-Gervais-et-Saint-Protais, Paris

Construction of the present church began in 1494, but was delayed by the Wars of religion and by a shortage of funds. It was begun in the Gothic style; the chapels of the apse were finished in 1530 and the transept in 1578. While the interior of the church was largely Gothic, the façade was built in an original new style, the French Baroque, on a plan by architect Salomon de Brosse.