André Le Nôtre's first major garden design was undertaken for Nicolas Fouquet, Louis XIV's Superintendent of Finances. Fouquet began work on the Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte in 1657, employing the architect Louis Le Vau, the painter Charles Le Brun, and Le Nôtre. The three designers worked in partnership, with Le Nôtre laying out a grand, symmetrical arrangement of parterres, pools and gravel walks.
André Le Nôtre's initial prominent garden design was undertaken for Nicolas Fouquet, Louis XIV's Superintendent of Finances. Fouquet started work on the Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte in 1657, employing the architect Louis Le Vau, the painter Charles Le Brun, and Le Nôtre. The three designers collaborated, with Le Nôtre creating a majestic, balanced layout of parterres, pools, and gravel paths.