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Elevation of the Porte Saint-Antoine, Paris

RIBA Ref No RIBA125679
Artist/PhotographerGentilhatre, Jacques (b. 1578)
CountryFrance
CityParis
Subject Date1574
Image Date1600
ViewExterior
StyleRenaissance
MediumDrawing
Library ReferenceVOS/231 f.79v
OrientationPortrait
Colour InfoColour
CreditRIBA Collections
SubjectDecorative stonework ; Gateways ; Triumphal arches
NOTES: Replacing the medieval gateway of an arch with four fortified towers, this one was said to have been erected to celebrate Henri III's accession to the throne (1574) or his marriage to Louise de Lorraine (1575). Located by the side of the Bastille it was demolished in1778.
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