Bullet, Pierre

Bullet, Pierre a reputable French architect, was born about .1645. He studied under Francois Blondel, and erected a number of structures in Paris, among others the Porte St. Denis. He also designed and executed in 1674 the triumphal arch called the Porte St. Martin. He erected the Church of the Jacobins. in Paris, and published several good works on architecture in 1688 and 1696. See Spooner, Biog. Hist. of the Fine Arts, s.v.; Rose, Gen. Biog. Dict. s.v.; Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v.