The Architect of Baroque Splendor Claude Gillot (1673–1722) remains a luminous figure in the tapestry of late Baroque France, an artist whose versatile hand touched nearly every facet of the visual culture of his era. Born in the historic town of Langres, north of Dijon, Gillot’s early creative impulses were nurtured by his father before he ventured to Paris to refine his craft. His artistic journey was far from linear; he was a true polymath of the arts, moving with ease between the delicate precision of printmaking, the structural demands of metalworking, and the grand-scale imagination re…