Hôpital Saint-Louis
Vellefaux, Claude; Chatillon, Claude
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Date
1607-1612Description
In 1607 Henry IV also began the first monumental plague hospital in Europe, the Hôpital St Louis, designed by Claude Vellefaux (1559-1619). Buildings constructed under Henry IV were typically of brick and stone and drew on the stylistic vocabulary of French architecture of the last third of the 16th century. While the architectural forms of his reign were conservative, his programme was innovative in its social goals and methods of development.; In 1607 Henry IV also began the first monumental plague hospital in Europe, the Hôpital St Louis, designed by Claude Vellefaux (1559-1619). Buildings constructed under Henry IV were typically of brick and stone and drew on the stylistic vocabulary of French architecture of the last third of the 16th century. While the architectural forms of his reign were conservative, his programme was innovative in its social goals and methods of development. Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordartonline.com/ (accessed 12/15/2008)
Type of Work
hospitalSubject
architectural exteriors, rulers and leaders, scientific or medical, Henry IV, King of France, 1553-1610, Louis IX, King of France, 1214-1270, Plague, Seventeenth century, Mannerist (Renaissance-Baroque style)
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