ELIE de BEAUMONT, Jean-Baptiste
(b. 1732, Carentan, d. 1786, Paris)

View of the park

1768-86
Photo
Palace of Canon, Normandy

France is the land of the Baroque garden, but in the 18th century the less rigid British landscape garden very quickly became popular as well. The park of the Palace of Canon in Normandy, south-east of Caen, was laid out by Jean-Baptiste Élie de Beaumont, a lawyer and friend of Voltaire.




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