Paris No. 23 / Lutetia Parisiorum
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view of font and cover
Scene Description: the modern font
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view of church exterior - southeast view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pavel Krok, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph taken 1 June2007 by Pavel Krok [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:St.-Eustache.jpg][accessed 15 November 2013]
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view of church exterior - east view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © nitot, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph taken 16 November 2007 by nitot [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Saint-Eustache.jpg] [accessed 15 November 2013]
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view of church exterior - south view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © jmhullot, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 September 2010 by jmhullot [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Eglise_Saint_Eustache.jpg][accessed 15 November 2013]
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view of church interior - monument - detail
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view of church interior - monument
Scene Description: the 1687 tomb of Jean-Baptiste Colbert, built by Antoine Coysevox and Jean-Baptiste Tuby -- Colbert was a politician who became Louis XIV's minister of finance from 1665 to 1683
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view of font and cover in context
Scene Description: the modern font in the context of the baptistery chapel -- the painting partially visible at the back is a copy of Rubens' Adoration of the Magi
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view of church interior - plan
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view of church interior - chancel - detail
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Edal, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 16 September 2010 by Edal [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:StEustache-interior.jpg][accessed 15 November 2013]
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view of church interior - nave - west end
Scene Description: the 8,000-pipe organ, probably the largest in France
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Edal Anton Lefterov, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 8 August 2010 by Edal Anton Lefterov [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:StEustache-Organ.jpg][accessed 15 November 2013]
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information
Scene Description: on the Colbert mausoleum
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information
Scene Description: on the Colbert chapel
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view of stoup
Scene Description: a modern stoup in this church
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information
Scene Description: on the baptistery chapel
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 18776PAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Date Visited: 2013-10-19
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century, Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Eustache
Font Location in Church: Inside the church in the 2nd chaepl of the N aisle
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Eustace [aka Eustachius]
Church Notes: original church here in 1223; current building began in 1532, finished in 1637; restored after the Revolution
Church Address: 2 Impasse Saint-Eustache, 75001 Paris, France
Site Location: Paris, Île-de-France, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off rue Montorgueil, by Les Halles, in the 1st arrondissement
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Paris
Additional Comments: famous person font: baptised here were Madame Pompadour (Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson), Molière and the future Cardinal Richelieu; also baptised here: Jeanne Baptiste d'Albert de Luynes, comtesse de Verrue and mistress of Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia
Font Notes:
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The present in the baptistery chapel of this church is modern; it is located in the second chapel of the north aisle; an oval basin made of whitish marble on a moulded pedestal base. Metal cover opening on both sides from a hinged middle. [NB: we have no information on the font of the original 13th-century church here]
COORDINATES
UTM: 31U 451961 5412466
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 48.8633, 2.345
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 48° 51′ 47.88″ N, 2° 20′ 42″ E