François Lemoyne’s Lady Chapel Restored in Saint-Sulpice
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The restoration of the Lady Chapel in Saint-Sulpice (Paris) means that visitors can rediscover interior decoration dating from the 18th century. Its dome is the work of an artist at the peak of his powers, and was his final masterpiece. © Saint-Sulpice Ville de Paris, COARC Jean-Marc Moser In 1730, François Lemoyne (1688-1737) was commissioned to decorate the vault of the Lady Chapel in Saint-Sulpice, an imposing church in the Saint-Germain-des-Prés district of Paris. The choice of this painter was no accident: Lemoyne, famous for his technical skill and fine sense of composition, was seeking to establish his reputation in
