What was the profession of Louis Le Vau?
Louis Le Vau de France), the church of St. Sulpice, and Hôtel Lambert, on the Île Saint-Louis, Paris. Notes Bibliography Louis Le Vau Louis Le Vau (1612 – 11 October 1670) was a French Classical Baroque architect, who worked for Louis XIV of France. He was born and died in Paris. He was responsible, with André Le Nôtre and Charles Le Brun, for the redesign of the château of Vaux-le-Vicomte. His later works included the Palace of Versailles and his collaboration with Claude Perrault on the "Palais du Louvre". Le Vau also designed two mirroring additions across the Parterre to the evergrowing Château
Vaux-le-Vicomte He then sent the team of artists (Le Vau, Le Nôtre and Le Brun) to design what would be a much larger project than Vaux-le-Vicomte, the palace and gardens of Versailles. Madame Fouquet recovered her property 10 years later and retired there with her eldest son. In 1705, after the death of her husband and son, she decided to put Vaux-le-Vicomte up for sale. Marshal Claude Louis Hector de Villars became the new owner without first seeing the chateau. In 1764, the Marshal's son sold the estate to the Duke of Praslin, whose descendants maintained the property for over a