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Tag Archives: Le Brun

Vaux le Vicomte – The Squirrel’s Great Legacy

Posted on October 25, 2014 by Karen Blaylock
Garden from the Viewing Balcony above the Dome

    Beside the Grotto at Vaux le Vicomte can be found a pair of allegorical stone statues of a lion protecting a squirrel. The lion was meant to represent Louis XIV, the tiny squirrel Nicolas Fouquet (whose name in … Continue reading →

Posted in France, Gardens Archive | Tagged Ile de France, Le Brun, Le Notre, Le Vau, Louis XIV, Paris France

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