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| Keywords: Louvre - Élévation de la principale facade au côté de Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois - Architecture françoise Tome4 Livre6 Pl7.jpg LargeImage Louvre in Paris elevation of the principal facade facing Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois From Architecture françoise Tome 4 Livre 6 For Blondel's discussion of this plate in French see http //gallica bnf fr/ark /12148/bpt6k1080359/f54 image r langEN p 40 of tome 4 at Gallica The engraving shows statues and decorations that were planned but not executed The pedimented semicircular niches for statues along the recessed walls behind the arrays of coupled columns to either side of the central avant-corps were replaced with windows in 1807 after the Louvre was transformed into a public museum Decoration of the facade to designs differing from those shown here was carried out by Lemot and Cartellier in 1808 “1810 Bresc-Bautier Geneviève 1995 The Louvre An Architectural History New York The Vendome Press ISBN 9780865659636 Scan Réimpression 1904 de lArchitecture françoise de Jacques-François Blondel Paris 1752 “1756 architect Creator Claude Perrault author Creator Jacques-François Blondel 1667 “1674 design and construction <br />1756 publication of the plate in Blondel's Architecture françoise Louvre and Palais des Tuileries in Architecture françoise 1756 Plate07 East facade of the Sully Wing Louvre PD-old-100-1923 | ||||
