Pierre Pavillon

Pierre Pavillon (1612–1670) was a French architect and sculptor.

Pierre Pavillon was born on 20 February 1612 in Paris to Henri Pavillon (unknown–1651), a painter, and Marguerite Guilheme.^[1][2] He had two brothers: Claude, a painter, and Henri, a sculptor. He was trained as an architect in Paris from 1625 to 1630.^[1]

As an architect, his work focused on Roman Catholic religious buildings and hôtel particuliers for the wealthy elite.^[1]

He designed the Chapelle des Ursulines, a Roman Catholic chapel on the Rue Mignet listed as a monument historique since 1924.^[2] Additionally, he designed the Chapelle Saint Mitre, another Roman Catholic chapel, on the Route d'Eguilles.^[2]

His designs^[2] include the following:

• Hôtel de Boisgelin, located at 11, rue du Quatre-Septembre and listed since 1964
• Hôtel de Lestang-Parade, located at 18, rue de l'Opéra and listed since 1980
• Hôtel de Forbin, located at 20 Cours Mirabeau and listed since 1990
• Hôtel de Ville, in Aix-en-Provence, listed since 1995
• Pavillon Vendôme, listed since 1953

He married Madeleine Clemens on 15 February 1638.^[1] They had two sons:

• Balthazard Pavillon (1648–1729)^[1]
• Jean Pavillon (1651–unknown)^[1]

He married Madeleine Grivet on 18 December 1653.^[1] They had three children:

• Magdeleine Pavillon (1655–unknown)^[1]
• Françoise Pavillon (1656–unknown)^[1]
• François Pavillon (1670–unknown)^[1]

He died on 24 November 1670 in Aix-en-Provence.^[2][1]

The Rue Pavillon in Aix-en-Provence is named in his honour.^[3]

• Jean Boyer, Pierre Pavillon (1612-1670): un architecte-sculpteur parisien en Provence (Nobele, 1968).^[4]