HARDOUIN-MANSART, Jules
(b. 1646, Paris, d. 1708, Marly-le-Roi)

View of the Colonnade

1684
Photo
Palace grounds, Versailles

At the Trianon, Hardouin-Mansart built a new pavilion inseparable in design from the garden, where different effects were sought, such as the use of a quincuncial layout with a high-backed fountain of polychrome marble and gilded metal to close off the vista.