Apr 5, 2013
Antoine Le Pautre. Hôtel de Beauvais. 1654-1657.
Paris, France.
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Antoine Le Pautre. Hôtel de Beauvais. 1654-1657.
Paris, France.
1660 Antoine Lepautre (1621–1679) was appointed house architect to Philippe I, Duke of Orléans, the brother of Louis XIV. In this quality he built the wings for the lost Château de Saint-Cloud and constructed in 1667 the celebrated Grande Cascade that survives in its park. Monsieur was quite proud of his Château and his Grande Cascade, which he called "le Théâtre d'eau" (The water theatre). It was one (in fact maybe unique) of the rare domain where he could surpass his older brother, who was jealous by the beauty of the architecture and the gardens as he was waiting with impatience for his own château to be done. He will wait until 1683, and then move his court in an unfinished building.