Jean-Baptiste de La Quintinie was a French lawyer, gardener and agronomist who served under Louis XIV. Named director of the royal fruit and vegetable gardens by the king in 1670, La Quintinie created
Statue of La Quintinie in the Potager du Roi, Versailles
Potager du roi, Versailles
André Le Nôtre
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André Le Nôtre, originally rendered as André Le Nostre, was a French landscape architect and the principal gardener of King Louis XIV of France. He was the landscape architect who designed the gardens
A portrait of André Le Nôtre by Carlo Maratta
Bust of André Le Nôtre at the Garden of the Tuileries
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Gardens of Versailles