Christophe Gamard, Gamar or Gamart, was a 17th-century French architect, who worked in Paris and died there in 1649.

Biography

He was a

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in 1613, an architect of the old Saint-Sulpice in 1623 (and began its reconstruction after 1643), and a city juror (''juré de la Ville'') in 1626. He was an assistant of Claude Vellefaux, the supervising architect (''architecte voyer'') of the Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés, and succeeded him in that position in 1627. He became an architect of the king (''architecte du roi'') in 1639., ''Demeures parisiennes sous Henri IV et Louis XIII'', Paris, Éditions Hazan, 1991, , .

Family

He married Claude Vellefaux's daughter, Étiennette Vellefaux. They had two sons, Christophe and Hubert. Widowed, he married Marie Gillier in 1648, despite the opposition of his sons. His brother, Philippot Gamard, worked on the Hotel de Nemours, , in 1620, and at houses, current rues de Sévigné and between 1616 and 1619.

Works

* Houses in in 1613,

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in 1614, where he had his own house at number 27 in 1631 * The enlargement of the nave of the former Saint-Sulpice church by adding side chapels, between 1614 and 1631 * The

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, between 1626 and 1631, on the small arm of the Seine to connect the buildings of the Hôtel-Dieu located on the

île de la Cité The Île de la Cité (; English: City Island) is an island in the river Seine in the center of Paris. In the 4th century, it was the site of the fortress of the Roman governor. In 508 Clovis I, the first King of the Franks, established his p ...

with those on the left bank. He succeeded his father-in-law as architect of the

Hôtel-Dieu de Paris In French-speaking countries, a hôtel-Dieu ( en, hostel of God) was originally a hospital for the poor and needy, run by the Catholic Church. Nowadays these buildings or institutions have either kept their function as a hospital, the one in Paris b ...

and created the Rosary Room and the great portal of the

rue de la Bûcherie Rue de la Bûcherie is a street in the 5th arrondissement of Paris, France. History Near the cathedral Notre-Dame de Paris and the Place Maubert, between La Seine and Boulevard Saint-Germain Rue de la Bûcherie is one of the oldest Rive Gau ...

, between 1626 and 1635 * The

Prison de l'Abbaye The Prison de l’Abbaye was a Paris prison in use from 1522 to 1854. The final building was built by Christophe Gamard in 1631 and made up of three floors, flanked by two turrets (or more exactly, '' échauguettes''). It was the scene of a porti ...

, dependence of justice of the abbot of Saint-Germain-des-Prés, built between 1631 and 1635. * The Hospice des Incurables (now the ), between 1633 and 1640, at the request of Cardinal de La Rochefoucauld and Marguerite de Rouillé. He was the architect of the hospice until his death. * The fountain on the parvis, located approximately 20 m from the north portal of the

Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris Notre-Dame de Paris (; meaning "Our Lady of Paris"), referred to simply as Notre-Dame, is a medieval Catholic cathedral on the Île de la Cité (an island in the Seine River), in the 4th arrondissement of Paris. The cathedral, dedicated to the ...

, between 1636 and 1639 * The after 1632 * Houses on the north side of rue Sainte-Marguerite (currently ), in 1635 * The vault of the sewer of the , in 1640 * The façade of the in 1640 * The south side portal, Sainte-Marguerite portal, the rib vaults, the high capitals of the central vessel of the abbey

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, between 1646 and 1649 * The new church of Saint-Sulpice for which he provided the plans in 1636, and, after their approval in 1645, began construction by the Chapel of the Virgin in 1646 and continued it until his deathGeorges Brunel 1994, p. 495 ("Saint-Sulpice"), in Pérouse de Montclos 1995, p. 495.

References

Bibliography

* Jean-Marie Pérouse de Montclos (dir.), ''Le Guide du patrimoine de Paris'', Paris, Hachette, 1995, , . * Bernard Oudin, ''Dictionnaire des architectes'', Paris, Seghers, (2nd edition), 1994, , .

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