André Le Nôtre, the creator of the Great Condé’s gardens

André Le Nôtre, the creator of the Great Condé’s gardens

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• Année de création :21 September 1683
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Description

Handwritten signed letter on paper, in-4° format

The Condé Papers (The Letters Room), series P, XCII, f^o 184

André Le Nôtre (1613-1700) was the ingenious creator of the gardens in Chantilly, which, at the time this letter was written, were being completed after twenty years of work.

Letters from Le Nôtre, who was very occupied in Versailles, are rare in the Chantilly archives. In this one, Le Nôtre tells Louis II de Bourbon Condé, known as the Great Condé (1621-1686), about the architectural projects he is planning for either side of the Grand Degré, the monumental stone staircase leading from the Connétable terrace to the gardens: finely sculpted and decorated arches that will house water jets and large statues.