# Exterior view

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## Artwork

- Artist: [HITTORFF, Jacques-Ignace](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/hittorff-jacques-ignace-r095b88635bdb85>)
- Date: 1801-1850
- Technique: Photo

## Commentary

For the parish church of Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Hittorff took over the commission from his father-in-law, Jean-Baptiste Lepère \(1761-1844\). Hittorff earned a reputation both for his study of polychromy in the buildings of Antiquity and for his achievements in urban development. Thus the church soars dramatically at the end of a street above a large flight of steps, dominating the immediate urban environment. The classical motif of the hexastyle pronaos is here combined with a double-tower façade, the horizontal termination of which is interpreted with Neoclassical severity.

## Related artworks

- [Interior view](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/hittorff-jacques-ignace-r095b88635bdb85/interior-view-r8e6b09c5604c04>)

## Attribution

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