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dc.coverage.spatialSite: Vaux-le-Vicomte, Château de, Île-de-France, Franceen_US
dc.coverage.temporal1656-1661 (creation)en_US
dc.creatorLe Vau, Louisen_US
dc.creatorLe Brun, Charlesen_US
dc.creatorLe Nôtre, Andréen_US
dc.date1656-1661en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-02-22T15:46:00Z
dc.date.available2013-02-22T15:46:00Z
dc.date.issued1656-1661en_US
dc.identifier193993en_US
dc.identifier.otherarchrefid: 291en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/101327
dc.descriptionSculptured stone figure (Leda) with swan on the south terrace of the Chateau; French château about 6 km north-east of Melun, in the département of Seine-et-Marne. It was built in 1656-1661 for Nicolas Fouquet, Louis XIV's Surintendant des Finances, by Louis Le Vau with the assistance of Charles Le Brun. The gardens were laid out by André Le Nôtre under Le Vau's guidance. The forerunner of Versailles, it is the most important château built in France in the mid-17th century; it was here that Le Vau, Le Brun and Le Nôtre learnt to work as a team and to produce the unity of architecture, interior decoration and garden layout that distinguishes the Louis XIV style. Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.groveart.com/ (accessed 2/8/2008)en_US
dc.format.mediumstoneen_US
dc.rights© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.en_US
dc.subjectarchitectural exteriorsen_US
dc.subjectlandscapesen_US
dc.subjectrulers and leadersen_US
dc.subjectLouis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715en_US
dc.subjectSeventeenth centuryen_US
dc.subjectBaroqueen_US
dc.titleChâteau de Vaux le Vicomteen_US
dc.typeimageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode1A2-F-CVV-1-B6en_US
vra.culturalContextFrenchen_US
vra.techniqueconstruction (assembling) carving (processes) gardeningen_US
vra.worktypechâteauen_US
vra.worktypegardenen_US
dc.contributor.displayAndré Le Nôtre (French landscape architect, 1613-1700); Charles Le Brun (French architect, 1619-1690); Louis Le Vau (French architect, 1612-1670)en_US


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