A history of French architecture from the death of Mazarin till the death of Louis XV, 1661-1774 . VERSAIMES—IHE TRIANON DK, DKSl ROVED (scC p. I96) \,h\rclle. JC CnatCiiirbcffrianiVi da cojct ^u^arhiii ^y JOT*tV<M<-J^i*itiik*rZHfc*, I. TO FACE ]. 195] ,l;s—lliJO CRAMI IKIANON. J. II. MANSAUT (SCC \i. I97) \Poeltc JULES HARDOUIN MANSART 195 that the same man designed them both at nearly the same time, andthe conclusion I draw from this is that, though Mansart was theofficial architect, the design which was actually executed was not, infact, made by him, but made for h
A history of French architecture from the death of Mazarin till the death of Louis XV, 1661-1774 . VERSAIMES—IHE TRIANON DK, DKSl ROVED (scC p. I96) \,h\rclle. JC CnatCiiirbcffrianiVi da cojct ^u^arhiii ^y JOT*tV<M<-J^i*itiik*rZHfc*, I. TO FACE ]. 195] ,l;s—lliJO CRAMI IKIANON. J. II. MANSAUT (SCC \i. I97) \Poeltc JULES HARDOUIN MANSART 195 that the same man designed them both at nearly the same time, andthe conclusion I draw from this is that, though Mansart was theofficial architect, the design which was actually executed was not, infact, made by him, but made for him by Desgodetz, and probably onhints and suggestions given by Le Notre, bon architecte, asSaint-Simon calls him, and familiar, as Mansart was not, with the greatbuildings of Italy. In 1683 Mansart was ennobled as the Comte de Sagonne etautres lieux, ^ and in 1685 appointed premier architecte du Roi, andfrom the date of Clagny down to that of his death, all the royal build-ings worth doing came into his hands and were designed in his far from being daunted by the vastness of his undertakings theKings passion for building seem
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