A history of French architecture from the death of Mazarin till the death of Louis XV, 1661-1774 . ome of the building alreadycompleted w^as taken down, and the three blocks of buildings enclosingthe old chateau on three sides were built from Le \^aus design, togetherwith an orangery afterwards destroyed to make way for the existingorangery. Le Vaus designs were selected after a competition in whichLe Pautre, Perrault, Jacques Gabriel, and Vigarani are said to havecompeted, and it was one of the best that he ever made. The workwas continued by DOrbay after his death, until the whole control of
A history of French architecture from the death of Mazarin till the death of Louis XV, 1661-1774 . ome of the building alreadycompleted w^as taken down, and the three blocks of buildings enclosingthe old chateau on three sides were built from Le \^aus design, togetherwith an orangery afterwards destroyed to make way for the existingorangery. Le Vaus designs were selected after a competition in whichLe Pautre, Perrault, Jacques Gabriel, and Vigarani are said to havecompeted, and it was one of the best that he ever made. The workwas continued by DOrbay after his death, until the whole control ofVersailles was handed over to J. H. Mansart. In 1664 Le Vau was employed to remodel and complete theTuileries. At that date the building consisted of the central pavilionwith its famous staircase and the two-storey wings on either sidedesigned by De LOrme, and to the south of these, the three-storeyblocks added by Bullant, and beyond these again, the block with the Blondel, Arch. Franc, pt. iv, 57. Le Vaus scheme for the completion of theLouvre will be dealt with in the next chapter. Il,. VIII. H-J Z c [I. TO FACE r. 62 IX
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