Façade of the Church of the Feuillants, Paris

Before 1630 Mansart had executed or modified three important buildings from which we can form some opinion of his early style and its sources. These are the fa�ade of the church of the Feuillants in Paris (1623) and the châteaux of Berny (designed in 1623) and Balleroy (begun in the late 1620s).

The fa�ade of the Feuillants, known to us through the engraving by Jean Marot, brings out clearly Mansart’s relation to Salomon de Brosse in his early years. It is basically a copy of the two upper storeys of Saint-Gervais, but with certain variations, such as the volutes and the obelisks.